Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The First Railway Station
- The Mystery Plays
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Shambles
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Monk Bar
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The New Theatre
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Statue of Napoleon
- King Richard II and York
- St Crux's Church