Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Rowntree Park
- Water Lanes
- Stonegate
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Vikings and Christianity
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Roman Fortress
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Cawood Sword
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- A New Walk
- Teaching the Poor
- Dick Turpin