Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Judges Lodging
- Middleham Jewel
- William Etty, Artist
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Stonegate
- Yorkshire Museum
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Industrial Upheaval
- Ripon College for Women
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Transport Moves On
- The Norman Abbey
- New Shopping Centres
- Vikings and Christianity
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The York Helmet