Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Multangular Tower
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The County Court House
- Water Lanes
- King's Manor - Victorian
- York Railway Station
- George Leeman
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Norman House
- Alcuin of York
- Teaching the Poor
- New Earswick
- Holy Trinity Church
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Olive Oil Container