Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Red Tower
- York Castle Museum
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- John Carr - Architect
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Anglian Cross
- The Shambles
- The Railway Institute
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Olave
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Female Prison