Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Gold Finger Ring
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Medieval Prisons
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Anglian Carving
- King Richard III and York
- The Red Tower
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Multangular Tower
- Our Lady's Row
- Alcuin of York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Lendal Bridge