Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Norman Castle
- Sixties York
- Bootham School
- The Shambles
- Military Belt Fitting
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Gold Finger Ring
- The First Railway Station
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Roman Fortress
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity