Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The First Railway Station
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Norman Castle
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Art Gallery
- Bootham Bar
- Norman Window Frame
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Jubbergate
- Ouse Bridge
- The Council of Arles
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Richard II and York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'