Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Boot
- Second World War York
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bronze weights
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Mary Ward
- Vikings and Christianity
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- York Union Gas Works
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- De Grey Rooms