Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Basilica
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Medieval Prisons
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Middleham Jewel
- William Etty, Artist
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Garrison
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Female Prison
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Industrial Upheaval
- The End of the Abbey
- The Multangular Tower