Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Gold Finger Ring
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Water Lanes
- The Black Death
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Norman Window Frame
- Viking Coins
- Bronze weights
- King Edward I and York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Castle Museum
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Second World War York
- York Union Gas Works