Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- York and the Holocaust
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The First Minster
- Second World War York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Railway Station
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Shambles
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Guy Fawkes