Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York's Airfield
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fire in the Minster
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- A New Vision For York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York Railway Station
- Crest of York St John College
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Debtors' Prison