Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Is York Cursed?
- Ripon College for Women
- First World War York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bone Trial Piece
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- William Etty, Artist
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Water Lanes
- Medieval Prisons
- The Hospitium
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Cawood Sword
- King Edward II and York