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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Inscription to Hecules
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Micklegate Bar
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The First Railway Station
- Viking Boot
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Norman Castle
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Jubbergate
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- George Leeman
- Alcuin of York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Second World War York