Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Ouse Bridge
- Gold Arm Ring
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Fire in the Minster
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- William Etty, Artist
- The Norman House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Second World War York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Rowntree Park
- The Minster after the Reformation