Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Ouse Bridge
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Lendal Tower
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Fairfax House