Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Battle of the Standard
- Minster Library
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Vikings and Christianity
- The York Hoard
- Gold Arm Ring
- Church of St Helen
- Teaching the Poor
- King Edward III and York
- York Art Gallery
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Elizabeth Boardingham