Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Roman Fortress
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Black Death
- The Mansion House
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Horn of Ulf
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Statue of the God Mars
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Jewbury Cemetery