Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Viking Silk Cap
- Ripon College for Women
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Anglian Carving
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Fairfax House
- The Medieval Minster
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Medieval Castle
- York Railway Station
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Debtors' Prison
- A Pipkin
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of St Helen