Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Medieval Abbey
- The York Helmet
- The Basilica
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King Edward II and York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The First Minster
- The Guildhall
- York's Coat of Arms
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Mary Ward
- Holy Trinity Church
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity