Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Greyfriars
- The Basilica
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Victoria Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Medieval Minster
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Female Prison
- Dick Turpin
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Roman Fortress
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Jubbergate
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom