Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree Park
- Micklegate Bar
- The White Rose of York
- The Hospitium
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Central Library
- Is York Cursed?
- Stonegate
- William Etty, Artist
- Dick Turpin
- The Railway Institute
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Norman House
- The George Fox Incident
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bootham School