Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Statue of the God Mars
- Mary Ward
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Railway Station
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Our Lady's Row
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King Edward III and York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York Union Gas Works
- York's Airfield