Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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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 and the Holocaust
- The Debtors' Prison
- Ouse Bridge
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Medieval Castle
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- King Richard III and York
- St Crux's Church
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Sixties York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Clifford's Tower
- King Edward III and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'