Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- View from Station Rise
- York's Airfield
- Olive Oil Container
- Military Belt Fitting
- Crest of York St John College
- York Union Gas Works
- George Leeman
- King Edward III and York
- The Retreat
- The Assembly Rooms
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Horn of Ulf
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Abbot's House
- The Red Tower
- Yorkshire Museum