Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- View from Station Rise
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Barker Tower
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Norman Minster
- Anglian Carving
- The Medieval Abbey
- St William's Shrine
- The Retreat
- Viking Boot
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- New Shopping Centres