Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward I and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Ouse Bridge
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Roman Chimney Pot
- New Earswick
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Bootham School
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The County Court House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- New Shopping Centres
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Rowntree Park
- Mary Ward
- Viking Boot
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- King Richard II and York