Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- William Etty, Artist
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- George Leeman
- Water Lanes
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Anglian Cross
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Cinema Comes to York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Assembly Rooms
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- King Edward III and York