Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Black Death
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Bar Convent
- St Leonard's Hospital
- A New Walk
- Ripon College for Women
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York Castle Museum
- Dick Turpin
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The End of the Abbey
- Church of St Olave