Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Battle of the Standard
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The End of the Abbey
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Statue of Napoleon
- Cinema Comes to York
- Fire in the Minster
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Dick Turpin
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Victoria Bar
- Stonegate
- William Etty, Artist
- Jubbergate
- King Richard II and York