Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Royal Station Hotel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Daniel Defoe's York
- A New University
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Fire in the Minster
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The New Theatre
- King Richard II and York
- New Earswick
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Horn of Ulf
- The York Helmet
- The Basilica
- The Female Prison
- Roman Head Pot
- Bootham School