Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Council of Arles
- First World War Memorial
- York Castle Museum
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Norman House
- Church of St Olave
- York Garrison
- York Central Library
- Middleham Jewel
- The Norman Abbey
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Helen
- Gold Finger Ring
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Greyfriars