Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Holocaust
- Bone Trial Piece
- Transport Moves On
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- King Richard III and York
- Viking Silk Cap
- The First Railway Station
- The Cawood Sword
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- George Leeman
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Assembly Rooms
- Guy Fawkes
- Our Lady's Row
- Is York Cursed?
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa