Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- De Grey Rooms
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cinema Comes to York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Cawood Sword
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Is York Cursed?
- Fishergate Bar
- Ouse Bridge
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The End of the Abbey