Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- The Norman Castle
- Rowntree Park
- Teaching the Poor
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bronze weights
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Council of Arles
- Statue of the God Mars
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Clifford's Tower
- Anglian Cross
- Eric Bloodaxe