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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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Central Library
- Barley Hall
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Bombed
- The Battle of the Standard
- Crest of York St John College
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Art Gallery
- Ripon College for Women
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Council of Arles
- Fire in the Minster
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rowntree Park