Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Monk Bar
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Olave
- The Norman Minster
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Statue of Napoleon
- Viking Silk Cap
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Middleham Jewel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Roman Fortress
- The York Observatory
- Jubbergate