Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Second World War York
- The Medieval Minster
- Jubbergate
- York Bombed
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham Bar
- The Female Prison
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The County Court House
- Is York Cursed?
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Holy Trinity Church
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre