Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Arm Ring
- King Richard III and York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Teaching the Poor
- Church of St Helen
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Fishergate Bar
- The First Railway Station
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Black Death
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Central Library
- Margaret Clitherow
- A Pipkin
- The Multangular Tower
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Minster Library
- The Railway Institute