Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fire in the Minster
- Gold Arm Ring
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Treasurer's House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's Airfield
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Mithras and Arimanius
- William Etty, Artist
- Anglian Cross
- The Bar Convent
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Council of Arles
- Walmgate Bar