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 Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Cross
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Teaching the Poor
- The Norman Castle
- The Retreat
- The Norman Minster
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Sixties York
- Clifford's Tower
- The Red Tower
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Hospitium
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Royal Station Hotel
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall