Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- York Bombed
- Micklegate Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Medieval Abbey
- King Richard II and York
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Helmet
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Council of Arles
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Anglian Carving
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Helen