Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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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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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Debtors' Prison
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- George Leeman
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- First World War Memorial
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Crest of York St John College
- The York Observatory
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall