Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- King Richard II and York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Alcuin of York
- York Castle Museum
- The Greyfriars
- Gold Arm Ring
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Micklegate Bar
- King Edward III and York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Gold Finger Ring