Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Union Gas Works
- The Roman Fortress
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- New Shopping Centres
- St Leonard's Hospital
- A New University
- The Mansion House
- The Red Tower
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York's Airfield
- View from Station Rise
- Judges Lodging
- Sixties York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Gold Finger Ring