Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Church of St Olave
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Lendal Tower
- King Richard II and York
- The Mystery Plays
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Viking Silk Cap
- St Crux's Church
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Church of St Helen
- Fairfax House
- Holy Trinity Church
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool