Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- William Etty, Artist
- The First Railway Station
- Norman Window Frame
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Military Belt Fitting
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- A New University
- The Mystery Plays
- Ripon College for Women
- York Art Gallery
- Guy Fawkes
- The Mansion House
- Rowntree Park
- Margaret Clitherow