Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Carving
- The York Hoard
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Church of St Helen
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Red Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Margaret Clitherow
- A New Walk
- Minster Library
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman Minster
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- York Art Gallery
- Mary Ward