Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- The Greyfriars
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Norman House
- York and the Holocaust
- Micklegate Bar
- A New Walk
- A Pipkin
- The Hospitium
- York St John in the 20th Century
- New Earswick
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Norman Window Frame
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector