Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Minster Library
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Viking Boot
- Bootham School
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Second World War York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Is York Cursed?
- St Leonard's Hospital
- William Etty, Artist
- The Railway Institute
- Bootham Bar
- Scarborough Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete
- Constantius Chlorus