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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- First World War York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York's Coat of Arms
- Cinema Comes to York
- York and the Holocaust
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Royal Station Hotel
- Olive Oil Container
- Fishergate Bar
- The End of the Abbey
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Lendal Tower
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Norman Window Frame