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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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- 62 Low Petergate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Second World War York
- The Mystery Plays
- Constantius Chlorus
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- View from Station Rise
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Railway Institute
- Rowntree Park
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bone Trial Piece
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Norman Abbey