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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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Ripon College for Women
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Art Gallery
- Fishergate Bar
- York Central Library
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Guildhall
- The First Minster
- Bootham Bar
- Bootham School
- Is York Cursed?
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall