Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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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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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The County Court House
- First World War York
- The Bar Convent
- Fire in the Minster
- The Retreat
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Rowntree Park
- Judges Lodging
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The End of the Abbey
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Holocaust
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bootham School
- Bronze weights