Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York and the Holocaust
- The First Minster
- The York Observatory
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Shambles
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Garrison
- Cinema Comes to York
- Military Belt Fitting
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Guy Fawkes
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- King Richard III and York