Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The End of the Abbey
- Viking Silk Cap
- A Pipkin
- The White Rose of York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- New Earswick
- Bootham Bar
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- John Carr - Architect
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- St Columba's United Reformed Church