Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- Walmgate Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Transport Moves On
- The First Minster
- The York Helmet
- The Mansion House
- The Basilica
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Cinema Comes to York
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Medieval Abbey
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Sixties York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre