Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Mystery Plays
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York's Airfield
- John Carr - Architect
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Middleham Jewel
- The Medieval Minster
- The Multangular Tower
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Castle Museum
- Vikings and Christianity
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Military Belt Fitting
- Gold Arm Ring