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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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- A Pipkin
- York's Coat of Arms
- First World War York
- Feeding Roman York
- Teaching the Poor
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Roman Fortress
- St William's Shrine
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Middleham Jewel
- Roman Gods and Goddesses