Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- A Pipkin
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Minster
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Monk Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The County Court House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Is York Cursed?
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Holy Trinity Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Cawood Sword