Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- A New University
- Alcuin of York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Greyfriars
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The White Rose of York
- The Roman Fortress
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The York Observatory
- The Norman Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate