Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- Industrial Upheaval
- A New Vision For York
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Multangular Tower
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Railway Institute
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Anglian Cross
- Scarborough Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Trams Pulled by Horses