Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bronze weights
- Stonegate
- View from Station Rise
- Ripon College for Women
- Rowntree Park
- York Castle Museum
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Garrison
- Alcuin of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Clifford's Tower
- A New Walk