Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The George Fox Incident
- Teaching the Poor
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Feeding Roman York
- Crest of York St John College
- Micklegate Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Statue of the God Mars
- York and the Holocaust
- Transport Moves On
- Norman Window Frame