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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The Norman Abbey
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Constantius Chlorus
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Shambles
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- First World War Memorial
- The Mystery Plays