Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Crux's Church
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Is York Cursed?
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Feeding Roman York
- Guy Fawkes
- William Etty, Artist
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The New Theatre
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- View from Station Rise
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy