Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Inscription to Hecules
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Micklegate Bar
- The York Observatory
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- William Etty, Artist
- York St John in the 20th Century
- View from Station Rise
- The Railway Institute
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Silver Strap Ends
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Crux's Church