Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- View from Station Rise
- York's Airfield
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- William Etty, Artist
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Treasurer's House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- George Leeman
- Silver Strap Ends
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham Bar
- The Multangular Tower