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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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York and the Holocaust
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Union Gas Works
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Minster Library
- Medieval Prisons
- First World War Memorial
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The First Railway Station
- Norman Window Frame
- The Debtors' Prison
- King Edward III and York
- Second World War York
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa