Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Hoard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Norman Window Frame
- The Multangular Tower
- Dick Turpin
- The Horn of Ulf
- Fire in the Minster
- The Railway Institute
- The First Minster
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Roman Head Pot
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- King Richard II and York
- The First Railway Station
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- New Shopping Centres