Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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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...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- Lendal Tower
- Ripon College for Women
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- William Etty, Artist
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- St Crux's Church
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Central Library
- The Medieval Castle
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Fishergate Bar
- Holy Trinity Church
- Ouse Bridge
- Queen Margaret's Arch