Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Feeding Roman York
- Fire in the Minster
- The End of the Abbey
- Walmgate Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- The First Minster
- Micklegate Bar
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Water Lanes
- Military Belt Fitting
- King Edward III and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Roman Fortress
- The Railway Institute
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bronze weights