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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The First Railway Station
- Bronze weights
- King Richard III and York
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Basilica
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Railway Station
- New Shopping Centres
- Alcuin of York
- Water Lanes
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Assembly Rooms
- Holy Trinity Church