Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The York Helmet
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Alcuin of York
- New Earswick
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Female Prison
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Military Belt Fitting
- First World War York
- Monk Bar
- St Leonard's Hospital
- 62 Low Petergate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Black Death
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Castle Museum