Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- The County Court House
- The Female Prison
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Norman House
- Barley Hall
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- King Edward III and York
- King Edward I and York
- Vikings and Christianity
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Red Tower
- Dick Turpin
- Viking Silk Cap
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The York Observatory
- St Martin Le Grand Church