Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- 62 Low Petergate
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- First World War York
- Alcuin of York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The First Railway Station
- Gold Arm Ring
- Medieval Prisons
- Viking Coins
- Micklegate Bar
- The County Court House