Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Horn of Ulf
- York and the Holocaust
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Fishergate Bar
- Water Lanes
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bone Trial Piece
- Viking Coins
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- George Leeman