Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Olive Oil Container
- Stonegate
- The George Fox Incident
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Assembly Rooms
- York Railway Station
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A Pipkin
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Is York Cursed?
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)