Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Mansion House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Abbot's House
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Basilica
- The White Rose of York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Is York Cursed?
- York and the Holocaust
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman House
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Guy Fawkes
- Bronze weights
- The Red Tower