Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Holy Trinity Church
- Statue of an Athlete
- The New Theatre
- The Victorian Prison Building
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Council of Arles
- Bootham Bar
- The First Railway Station
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Bar Convent
- The Norman House
- Yorkshire Museum
- Scarborough Bridge
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The White Rose of York
- De Grey Rooms