Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Norman Abbey
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward I and York
- Anglian Cross
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Medieval Castle
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Statue of an Athlete
- Crest of York St John College
- York Art Gallery
- Stonegate
- Aldwark Synagogue