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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bronze weights
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Victoria Bar
- Guy Fawkes
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Aldwark Synagogue
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Treasurer's House
- Water Lanes
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Medieval Minster
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Margaret Clitherow
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Inscription from Fortress Gate