Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The Norman Castle
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and the Holocaust
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- A Pipkin
- The 1190 Massacre
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King Richard III and York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Female Prison
- A New University
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- First World War York
- Monk Bar
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- New Earswick