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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Richard II and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Barker Tower
- Jubbergate
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Stonegate
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York Art Gallery
- Viking Male Grooming
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity