Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Greyfriars
- Bootham Bar
- Ouse Bridge
- The York Helmet
- The Multangular Tower
- York Garrison
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Bar Convent
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Medieval Prisons
- The Council of Arles
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Crest of York St John College
- Margaret Clitherow
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey