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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Norman Minster
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The York Helmet
- The Minster after the Reformation
- St Crux's Church
- Ripon College for Women
- Dick Turpin
- York Garrison
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Cawood Sword
- Minster Library
- Second World War York
- Church of St Wilfrid