Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- Church of St Olave
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Viking Boot
- Lendal Tower
- York Art Gallery
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Feeding Roman York
- A New University
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Alcuin of York
- Barley Hall
- 62 Low Petergate
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries