Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- Second World War York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Art Gallery
- The Norman Abbey
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- De Grey Rooms
- The Minster after the Reformation
- 62 Low Petergate
- Lendal Tower
- York's Airfield
- York Central Library
- The Debtors' Prison
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- A New Walk
- York Railway Station
- Cinema Comes to York