Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Council of Arles
- The Norman Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Retreat
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Norman Window Frame
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster after the Reformation
- A New Vision For York
- King Richard III and York
- Transport Moves On
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Ouse Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete