Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- First World War Memorial
- Bootham Bar
- A New University
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Lendal Bridge
- Clifford's Tower
- Statue of an Athlete
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Cawood Sword
- York's first historian: Francis Drake