Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The Debtors' Prison
- Middleham Jewel
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Medieval Minster
- Victoria Bar
- Fairfax House
- Sixties York
- A New Vision For York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- King Richard II and York
- Gold Finger Ring
- The 1190 Massacre
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Rowntree Park
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Daniel Defoe's York