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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Roman Head Pot
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Assembly Rooms
- St William's Shrine
- Clifford's Tower
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Barker Tower
- Military Belt Fitting
- View from Station Rise
- The York Observatory
- Viking Sword Pommel