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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- De Grey Rooms
- Clifford's Tower
- Lendal Tower
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The George Fox Incident
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Lendal Bridge
- The York Helmet
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Norman Window Frame
- Bronze weights
- Middleham Jewel
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- A New Walk