Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Anglian Cross
- The Norman Abbey
- Dick Turpin
- York Art Gallery
- The Battle of the Standard
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Monk Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Water Lanes
- Statue of Napoleon
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New University
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Central Library
- Stonegate
- Transport Moves On
- Silver Strap Ends