Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Anglian Carving
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- A Pipkin
- The Guildhall
- Anglian Cross
- Ripon College for Women
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Fairfax House
- The First Minster
- New Shopping Centres
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King Edward II and York
- The White Rose of York
- The Norman House