Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Fire in the Minster
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Railway Institute
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Castle Museum
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The George Fox Incident
- The Basilica
- Inscription to Hecules
- John Carr - Architect
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Artists, Writers and Scientists