Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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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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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Greyfriars
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Treasurer's House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York's Airfield
- The First Railway Station
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- A New University
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Black Death
- Stonegate
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Minster Library
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway