Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Medieval Prisons
- John Carr - Architect
- The Norman Abbey
- The Cawood Sword
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The End of the Abbey
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Teaching the Poor
- Monk Bar