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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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Black Death
- Vikings and Christianity
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Medieval Prisons
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Gold Arm Ring
- Ripon College for Women
- The Multangular Tower
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War Memorial
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Statue of the God Mars
- Scarborough Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- The Basilica
- Walmgate Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York