Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York Art Gallery
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Retreat
- King Richard III and York
- The Norman Abbey
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Shambles
- Fishergate Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- Norman Window Frame
- King Edward I and York