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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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York and the Holocaust
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Norman Window Frame
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Clifford's Tower
- First World War Memorial
- Middleham Jewel
- The Hospitium
- Industrial Upheaval