Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Constantius Chlorus
- Scarborough Bridge
- The White Rose of York
- The First Minster
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Battle of the Standard
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Middleham Jewel
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Lendal Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- Industrial Upheaval
- Jubbergate
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Newgate Cross Shaft