Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Fairfax House
- The Cawood Sword
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Royal Station Hotel
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Statue of an Athlete
- Rowntree Park
- The Female Prison
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King Richard III and York
- Dick Turpin
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Feeding Roman York
- The York Hoard
- The County Court House