Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York and the Holocaust
- View from Station Rise
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Debtors' Prison
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Fairfax House
- Cinema Comes to York
- Yorkshire Museum
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Bar Convent
- The Norman Abbey
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Ouse Bridge
- Guy Fawkes
- The Female Prison