Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Garrison
- Constantius Chlorus
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Barker Tower
- Lendal Tower
- The Hospitium
- The Greyfriars
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Monk Bar
- King Richard II and York
- A Pipkin
- John Carr - Architect
- Tombstone of Julia Velva