Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Basilica
- The Red Tower
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Multangular Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Feeding Roman York
- The York Observatory
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Medieval Castle
- Sixties York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Ouse Bridge
- New Shopping Centres