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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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Dick Turpin
- The Norman Minster
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Fairfax House
- Bronze weights
- Roman Head Pot
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Female Prison
- York's Airfield
- Micklegate Bar
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bootham School