Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Council of Arles
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Lendal Bridge
- York and the Holocaust
- York Art Gallery
- York's Airfield
- The Assembly Rooms
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Middleham Jewel
- King Edward I and York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Black Death
- The Minster in Viking Times
- A New Vision For York