Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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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...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Transport Moves On
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The York Observatory
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Walmgate Bar
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Helen
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Basilica
- Barker Tower
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Lendal Tower
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Cumberland House, King's Staith