Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Railway Station
- Margaret Clitherow
- Royal Station Hotel
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Dick Turpin
- The Guildhall
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The York Observatory
- Fishergate Bar
- The End of the Abbey
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector