Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- De Grey Rooms
- Bronze weights
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Middleham Jewel
- Olive Oil Container
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- New Shopping Centres
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Fire in the Minster
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Artists, Writers and Scientists