Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- First World War Memorial
- Church of St Olave
- Stonegate
- The Retreat
- View from Station Rise
- Bootham School
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman Minster
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Council of Arles
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Viking Male Grooming
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King Edward II and York
- Dick Turpin