Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Horn of Ulf
- The First Railway Station
- Church of St Helen
- Rebuilt in Stone
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Gold Finger Ring
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Shambles
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's Coat of Arms
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York