Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- George Leeman
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York's Coat of Arms
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Assembly Rooms
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Red Tower
- York Central Library
- Bronze weights
- Stonegate
- Clifford's Tower
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Middleham Jewel
- Cinema Comes to York
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity