Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Norman Window Frame
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Viking Coins
- View from Station Rise
- Transport Moves On
- The First Minster
- York St John in the 20th Century
- De Grey Rooms
- A New University
- The Council of Arles
- The George Fox Incident
- Second World War York
- Water Lanes
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church