Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Guy Fawkes
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Black Death
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Minster after the Reformation
- A New Vision For York
- Lendal Tower
- The George Fox Incident
- Anglian Cross
- Industrial Upheaval
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Viking Coins
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Basilica