Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- 62 Low Petergate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Battle of the Standard
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Fairfax House
- Transport Moves On
- York Railway Station
- Viking Boot
- The Norman Castle
- The Mansion House
- Statue of Napoleon
- Mary Ward
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Guy Fawkes
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Assembly Rooms
- Teaching the Poor