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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- The Debtors' Prison
- Anglian Carving
- The First Minster
- The Norman Minster
- A New Vision For York
- The Guildhall
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Fairfax House
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Ripon College for Women