Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Roman Head Pot
- The George Fox Incident
- York Union Gas Works
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- A New University
- Church of St Olave
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Battle of the Standard
- The York Observatory
- Dick Turpin
- Yorkshire Museum
- The York Hoard
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Statue of the God Mars
- Olive Oil Container
- Jubbergate