Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Barley Hall
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Micklegate Bar
- Water Lanes
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in Viking Times
- George Leeman
- Judges Lodging
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Crest of York St John College
- The Mystery Plays
- The Retreat
- York Art Gallery
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Roman Chimney Pot