Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Greyfriars
- The End of the Abbey
- The Female Prison
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Council of Arles
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- New Earswick
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Abbot's House
- Artists, Writers and Scientists