Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- John Carr - Architect
- The George Fox Incident
- Bone Trial Piece
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Lendal Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- The New Theatre
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Red Tower
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Teaching the Poor
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Female Prison
- Margaret Clitherow