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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Roman Fortress
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Our Lady's Row
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Central Library
- Barker Tower
- New Earswick
- Transport Moves On
- Is York Cursed?
- The Retreat
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Minster Library
- The York Observatory
- Rowntree Park
- First World War Memorial