Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- Rowntree Park
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- A New Walk
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Teaching the Poor
- The Debtors' Prison
- Water Lanes
- Monk Bar
- Margaret Clitherow
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Ripon College for Women
- First World War Memorial
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Garrison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The 1190 Massacre
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York