Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Abbey
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Roman Fortress
- The New Theatre
- Ouse Bridge
- The Medieval Castle
- Roman Head Pot
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- King Edward II and York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York Railway Station
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Constantius Chlorus
- Middleham Jewel