Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- Industrial Upheaval
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Red Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Cawood Sword
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Alcuin of York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Micklegate Bar
- York's Airfield
- York Garrison
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The New Theatre
- New Earswick
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The County Court House
- George Leeman