Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Barley Hall
- Amber Bead Workshop
- King Richard II and York
- The 1190 Massacre
- Micklegate Bar
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Silver Strap Ends
- St Crux's Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Castle Museum
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- A New University
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Medieval Chamber Pot