Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Feeding Roman York
- New Earswick
- A New Vision For York
- The Red Tower
- The End of the Abbey
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- George Leeman
- Viking Silk Cap
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Is York Cursed?
- The Greyfriars
- King Edward I and York
- The Basilica
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fairfax House