Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- Middleham Jewel
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Yorkshire Museum
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Scarborough Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- New Shopping Centres
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Norman Abbey