Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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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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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Richard II and York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York St John in the 20th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- Feeding Roman York
- The Cawood Sword
- Dick Turpin
- Industrial Upheaval
- Fairfax House
- The Mansion House
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa