Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- King Edward I and York
- Rowntree Park
- William Etty, Artist
- A New University
- Constantius Chlorus
- Teaching the Poor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Anglian Cross
- Fairfax House
- The White Rose of York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- A New Walk
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Alcuin of York
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Norman Minster