Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- King Richard III and York
- Olive Oil Container
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Mystery Plays
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Boot
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Norman Abbey
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King's Manor - Victorian
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Inscription from Fortress Gate