Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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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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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- The End of the Abbey
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Medieval Abbey
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Holocaust
- Viking Coins
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Greyfriars
- The Cawood Sword
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Is York Cursed?
- Vikings and Christianity
- Norman Window Frame
- York Castle Museum
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The County Court House