Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- The Shambles
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Monk Bar
- Roman Head Pot
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Helen
- The York Helmet
- Dick Turpin
- Sixties York
- New Shopping Centres
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Barley Hall
- The Black Death