Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Water Lanes
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A New Vision For York
- Walmgate Bar
- The York Observatory
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Second World War York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Olave
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- A New Walk