Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Holy Trinity Church
- Royal Station Hotel
- King Edward I and York
- Micklegate Bar
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Guildhall
- Viking Silk Cap
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Norman House
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York's Airfield
- Lendal Tower
- York Railway Station
- Monk Bar
- Viking Boot