Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King Edward II and York
- Monk Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Fire in the Minster
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Lendal Tower
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Battle of the Standard
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Middleham Jewel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- View from Station Rise