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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Our Lady's Row
- Roman Head Pot
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- A New University
- The White Rose of York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Micklegate Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- Water Lanes
- Alcuin of York
- Stonegate
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Silver Strap Ends
- Norman Window Frame