Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Cawood Sword
- Second World War York
- Amber Bead Workshop
- First World War York
- Fishergate Bar
- The York Observatory
- Monk Bar
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Dick Turpin
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Roman Fortress
- The Hospitium
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- York Railway Station