Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Barley Hall
- York Bombed
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Shambles
- York Garrison
- A Pipkin
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Fire in the Minster
- York Railway Station
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The 1190 Massacre
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- York Central Library
- The Norman Abbey
- The First Minster