Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York Garrison
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Alcuin of York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Fairfax House
- York Castle Museum
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- New Earswick
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Helen
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Constantius Chlorus