Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Viking Silk Cap
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The First Railway Station
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- A New Walk
- The First Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- Viking Male Grooming
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Norman Window Frame
- George Leeman
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Jubbergate
- Minster Library
- Viking Coins