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
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Statue of Napoleon
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Olave
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Medieval Abbey
- Second World War York
- The Black Death
- King Edward I and York
- Middleham Jewel
- Yorkshire Museum
- Anglian Carving
- The Abbot's House
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Rowntree Park
- Inside the Roman Fortress