Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Norman House
- The Multangular Tower
- Our Lady's Row
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Carving
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Lendal Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Rowntree Park
- Olive Oil Container
- Viking Coins
- Military Belt Fitting