Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King Edward I and York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A Pipkin
- Statue of an Athlete
- The York Observatory
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Royal Station Hotel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Multangular Tower