Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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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...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- Micklegate Bar
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Ouse Bridge
- Lendal Tower
- Viking Coins
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- A New Vision For York
- The Medieval Abbey
- The York Hoard
- Gold Finger Ring
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- King Richard II and York