Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The First Minster
- The White Rose of York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Mansion House
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The End of the Abbey
- King Richard III and York
- The Hospitium
- King Edward III and York
- Barley Hall
- Bone Trial Piece
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Norman Minster
- The Female Prison