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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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- Feeding Roman York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Norman House
- The Roman Fortress
- Holy Trinity Church
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Bone Trial Piece
- Monk Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Union Gas Works
- A New University
- The Norman Castle
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The First Railway Station
- Water Lanes
- The Medieval Minster