Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King Edward I and York
- The Hospitium
- Military Belt Fitting
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Red Tower
- Guy Fawkes
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Norman Castle
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Teaching the Poor