Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Boot
- York Bombed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Olive Oil Container
- Holy Trinity Church
- Rowntree Park
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Medieval Prisons
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Aldwark Synagogue