Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The First Minster
- York's Airfield
- First World War York
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Boot
- Fairfax House
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Walmgate Bar
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Gold Arm Ring
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Mary Ward