Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mansion House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A New University
- Royal Station Hotel
- Church of St Olave
- York and the Holocaust
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Vikings and Christianity
- Micklegate Bar
- The Medieval Castle
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Viking Silk Cap
- George Leeman
- John Carr - Architect