Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Cinema Comes to York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's Airfield
- Micklegate Bar
- The Abbot's House
- The Assembly Rooms
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Barley Hall
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Railway Institute
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- King Richard III and York