Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King Richard II and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Constantius Chlorus
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The White Rose of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The First Minster
- Royal Station Hotel
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Queen Margaret's Arch