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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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Shambles
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Retreat
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Abbot's House
- The Norman Minster
- De Grey Rooms
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Margaret Clitherow
- View from Station Rise
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Cawood Sword
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Artists, Writers and Scientists