Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze weights
- The New Theatre
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Alcuin of York
- Viking Coins
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Scarborough Bridge
- Dick Turpin
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- New Shopping Centres
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Cawood Sword
- Royal Station Hotel
- Jubbergate