Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Retreat
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Art Gallery
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Battle of the Standard
- First World War Memorial
- York Castle Museum
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King Edward I and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Railway Institute
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Male Grooming
- York and the Holocaust