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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- The Cawood Sword
- Transport Moves On
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bootham Bar
- Church of St Helen
- The Medieval Castle
- The Red Tower
- First World War Memorial
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Gold Arm Ring
- A New Walk
- The Female Prison
- Alcuin of York
- Statue of Napoleon