Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fishergate Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York Railway Station
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Female Prison
- Lendal Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Church of St Wilfrid
- William Etty, Artist
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bootham Bar
- Jewbury Cemetery