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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Tower
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Union Gas Works
- Sixties York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fairfax House
- Church of St Olave
- The Medieval Castle
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Monk Bar
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Black Death