Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Lendal Tower
- The Norman Castle
- York Union Gas Works
- Mary Ward
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Basilica
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Red Tower
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- A New Walk
- York's Coat of Arms
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Black Death
- Anglian Carving