Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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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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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York and the Holocaust
- A New Vision For York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Lendal Tower
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The 1190 Massacre
- The York Helmet
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Viking Sword Pommel
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Transport Moves On
- Statue of Napoleon