Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The York Observatory
- The Black Death
- The Bar Convent
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Roman Head Pot
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Is York Cursed?
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York's Coat of Arms
- George Leeman
- Fire in the Minster
- Viking Coins
- The Basilica
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bootham Bar