Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The York Helmet
- Anglian Carving
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bootham Bar
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Retreat
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- First World War York
- Rowntree Park
- York Railway Station
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Archbishop Scrope Executed