Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Industrial Upheaval
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- John Carr - Architect
- Victoria Bar
- Our Lady's Row
- York Union Gas Works
- Holy Trinity Church
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York and the Holocaust
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Treasurer's House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Stonegate
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- A New Vision For York