Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Victoria Bar
- Aldwark Synagogue
- A New Walk
- The York Observatory
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Crest of York St John College
- Industrial Upheaval
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- George Leeman