Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Minster Library
- Scarborough Bridge
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Guy Fawkes
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- A New Walk
- Church of St Helen
- George Leeman
- The Cawood Sword
- The Railway Institute
- Feeding Roman York
- The Greyfriars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity