Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Gold Finger Ring
- First World War Memorial
- Church of St Olave
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Our Lady's Row
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Victoria Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York and the Holocaust
- The Medieval Minster
- The Battle of the Standard
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- King Richard II and York
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Garrison