Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Abbot's House
- Ripon College for Women
- Middleham Jewel
- Sixties York
- The Bar Convent
- King Richard II and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Is York Cursed?
- The Medieval Castle
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Amber Bead Workshop