Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The George Fox Incident
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Sixties York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Royal Station Hotel
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Teaching the Poor
- Minster Library
- Barley Hall
- Micklegate Bar
- Elizabeth Boardingham