Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vikings and Christianity
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York Union Gas Works
- Church of St Olave
- The Mystery Plays
- New Shopping Centres
- The Roman Fortress
- The Black Death
- Viking Boot
- The Red Tower
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Rowntree Park
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Yorkshire Museum