Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Lendal Bridge
- George Leeman
- The Norman Abbey
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The York Observatory
- Norman Window Frame
- Teaching the Poor
- The Guildhall
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Crux's Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The New Theatre
- The Mystery Plays
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- John Carr - Architect
- Rebuilt in Stone