Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Dick Turpin
- York Railway Station
- Clifford's Tower
- The Red Tower
- Monk Bar
- Crest of York St John College
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King Edward II and York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St Crux's Church
- Lendal Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Norman Castle