Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- A New Walk
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Gold Arm Ring
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Multangular Tower
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Cawood Sword
- Statue of an Athlete
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- St Crux's Church
- Eric Bloodaxe
- King Edward II and York
- The Medieval Minster