Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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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 Hospitium
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Yorkshire Museum
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Fishergate Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- St Crux's Church
- York and the Holocaust
- Middleham Jewel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The End of the Abbey
- The New Theatre
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- First World War Memorial
- York Castle Museum