Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Minster Library
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Ripon College for Women
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Barker Tower
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Judges Lodging
- York Union Gas Works
- Medieval Prisons
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Middleham Jewel
- The Railway Institute