Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- King Richard II and York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Fairfax House
- Stonegate
- Statue of an Athlete
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Shambles
- Jubbergate
- View from Station Rise
- Crest of York St John College
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Art Gallery
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Skeldergate Bridge