Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham School
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York's Airfield
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Norman House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Edward III and York
- A Pipkin