Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Sixties York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Industrial Upheaval
- Feeding Roman York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Union Gas Works
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Barker Tower
- Statue of Napoleon
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Judges Lodging
- Victoria Bar
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Crest of York St John College