Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Walmgate Bar
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bronze weights
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Olave
- George Leeman
- King Richard III and York
- The George Fox Incident
- Treasurer's House
- Gold Finger Ring
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Victoria Bar
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity