Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Crest of York St John College
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Monk Bar
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Battle of the Standard
- Jewbury Cemetery
- New Shopping Centres
- 62 Low Petergate
- Sixties York
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Shambles