Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rowntree Park
- Water Lanes
- Holy Trinity Church
- Military Belt Fitting
- Middleham Jewel
- Medieval Prisons
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Bar Convent
- York and the Holocaust
- Statue of Napoleon
- York Garrison
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- King Edward I and York
- York Castle Museum