Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Walmgate Bar
- Middleham Jewel
- The George Fox Incident
- The Multangular Tower
- Fire in the Minster
- The Assembly Rooms
- Mary Ward
- York Railway Station
- A New Vision For York
- York Castle Museum
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Silver Strap Ends
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Jewbury Cemetery