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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman House
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Scarborough Bridge
- A Pipkin
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Mystery Plays
- The Shambles
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Sixties York
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Bar Convent
- York Castle Museum