Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- The York Helmet
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Gold Finger Ring
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Anglian Carving
- The Norman Castle
- Holy Trinity Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- King Edward I and York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- George Leeman
- Norman Window Frame
- Fishergate Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- Feeding Roman York
- Crest of York St John College
- The New Theatre