Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Boot
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Female Prison
- Second World War York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Retreat
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and the Holocaust
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Feeding Roman York
- The York Hoard
- The Victorian Prison Building