Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Clifford's Tower
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Church of St Olave
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Statue of an Athlete
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- 62 Low Petergate
- York and the Holocaust
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Hospitium
- King Richard III and York
- York Art Gallery
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Abbot's House
- Middleham Jewel
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop