Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The Norman Minster
- Guy Fawkes
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Ouse Bridge
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Crest of York St John College
- The Norman House
- The Guildhall
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Military Belt Fitting
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- John Carr - Architect