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 Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A Pipkin
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Yorkshire Museum
- The 1190 Massacre
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Helen
- Viking Boot
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Minster in Viking Times
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Walmgate Bar
- Anglian Carving
- Bootham School
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Cawood Sword