Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Monk Bar
- The White Rose of York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Statue of an Athlete
- Gold Arm Ring
- Ripon College for Women
- Lendal Tower
- York Railway Station
- The Norman Abbey
- St William's Shrine
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Church of St Wilfrid