Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Middleham Jewel
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Statue of the God Mars
- Micklegate Bar
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- John Carr - Architect
- The Medieval Castle
- York Railway Station
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Alcuin of York
- York's Airfield
- Bronze weights
- Industrial Upheaval