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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Union Gas Works
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Viking Coins
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The New Theatre
- Barker Tower
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The York Helmet
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church