Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- The Mystery Plays
- George Leeman
- The First Minster
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Castle Museum
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Fire in the Minster
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Ouse Bridge
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Jewbury Cemetery