Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Water Lanes
- Treasurer's House
- The First Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Basilica
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Norman Window Frame
- Medieval Prisons
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Middleham Jewel
- Statue of the God Mars
- Fairfax House
- Ouse Bridge
- The Abbot's House