Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Norman Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Mary Ward
- William Etty, Artist
- Norman Window Frame
- York Central Library
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Glazed Medieval Jug