Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Silver Strap Ends
- Anglian Cross
- George Leeman
- Viking Silk Cap
- Dick Turpin
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Rowntree Park
- A New University
- Alcuin of York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Basilica
- The End of the Abbey