Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Monk Bar
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Roman Fortress
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Statue of an Athlete
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King Richard II and York
- Anglian Cross
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Barker Tower