Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Hospitium
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Rowntree Park
- A Pipkin
- Viking Coins
- William Etty, Artist
- The Bar Convent
- The Female Prison
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The White Rose of York
- The Shambles
- Treasurer's House
- The First Railway Station
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Central Methodist Chapel