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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Military Belt Fitting
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Treasurer's House
- Fire in the Minster
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- A New Vision For York
- The Medieval Castle
- Judges Lodging
- The Black Death
- The Assembly Rooms