Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Teaching the Poor
- Jubbergate
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Bar Convent
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bootham Bar
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York Central Library
- York Garrison
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bronze weights
- King's Manor - Victorian
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Middleham Jewel