Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- George Leeman
- The First Minster
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Medieval Castle
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A Pipkin
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Fairfax House
- York and the Holocaust
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Railway Station
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Battle of the Standard