Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Transport Moves On
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Micklegate Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Boot
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Barker Tower
- King's Manor - Victorian
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The York Hoard
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Viking Male Grooming
- Minster Library
- Jewbury Cemetery