Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Retreat
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Clifford's Tower
- The Red Tower
- Sixties York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- A New Vision For York
- The End of the Abbey
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The White Rose of York
- Anglian Carving