Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bone Trial Piece
- First World War Memorial
- The Council of Arles
- Industrial Upheaval
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Helen
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Guildhall
- York Art Gallery
- Silver Strap Ends
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Railway Station
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- A New Vision For York