Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Medieval Minster
- Lendal Tower
- Yorkshire Museum
- Industrial Upheaval
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The York Observatory
- York Union Gas Works
- New Shopping Centres
- Is York Cursed?
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Dick Turpin
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The Shambles
- St William's Shrine