Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Feeding Roman York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Anglian Carving
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The York Observatory
- New Earswick
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King's Manor - Victorian
- William Etty, Artist
- King Richard II and York
- Sixties York
- Lendal Bridge
- York Garrison
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Norman Minster