Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- New Earswick
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Lendal Bridge
- First World War Memorial
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Central Methodist Chapel
- A New University
- The Norman House
- The York Helmet
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Viking Silk Cap
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- New Shopping Centres
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Shambles
- A Pipkin