Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Rowntree Park
- The Red Tower
- Lendal Tower
- Walmgate Bar
- Holy Trinity Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Abbot's House
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Ripon College for Women
- A Pipkin
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Roman Fortress