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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Is York Cursed?
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- New Shopping Centres
- Viking Silk Cap
- The County Court House
- Transport Moves On
- Yorkshire Museum
- Viking Coins
- John Carr - Architect
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Helen
- The Council of Arles
- Gold Arm Ring
- Statue of Napoleon
- Statue of the God Mars
- Ouse Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector