Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Teaching the Poor
- The White Rose of York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Norman Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- Statue of an Athlete
- York Central Library
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Our Lady's Row
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Middleham Jewel
- King Richard III and York
- York's Coat of Arms