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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Dick Turpin
- The Norman Abbey
- The Council of Arles
- York Central Library
- The White Rose of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Norman House
- York Union Gas Works
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Medieval Minster
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rowntree Park