Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The George Fox Incident
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Mansion House
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York and the Holocaust
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The First Minster
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King Edward I and York
- St Crux's Church
- The Medieval Minster
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Transport Moves On
- Cinema Comes to York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'