Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Retreat
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Church of St Olave
- Ouse Bridge
- St William's Shrine
- The Medieval Abbey
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- First World War Memorial
- The George Fox Incident
- The Assembly Rooms
- Minster Library
- Statue of an Athlete
- York and the Holocaust