Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Stonegate
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Gold Finger Ring
- Viking Coins
- Vikings and Christianity
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Horn of Ulf
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Barley Hall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Medieval Minster