Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Greyfriars
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- York Central Library
- The Multangular Tower
- The Female Prison
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Micklegate Bar
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Barley Hall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Medieval Abbey
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Mystery Plays
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Norman Castle
- York Garrison
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill