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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Council of Arles
- Alcuin of York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Barley Hall
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Second World War York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The First Railway Station
- Bone Trial Piece
- View from Station Rise
- John Carr - Architect
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Norman House
- York Central Library