Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York's Coat of Arms
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Constantius Chlorus
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Anglian Cross
- The York Observatory
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Richard II and York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Holocaust
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Scarborough Bridge
- George Leeman