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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Transport Moves On
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Lendal Bridge
- Fairfax House
- The York Helmet
- The Mansion House
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- William Etty, Artist
- A New Walk
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Norman House
- Clifford's Tower
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway