Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Roman Head Pot
- York Union Gas Works
- York Central Library
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Scarborough Bridge
- Barker Tower
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Statue of the God Mars
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The Greyfriars
- The End of the Abbey
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York Railway Station