Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Our Lady's Row
- Sixties York
- The Mansion House
- Minster Library
- St Crux's Church
- The White Rose of York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- De Grey Rooms
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Jubbergate
- Statue of Napoleon
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Micklegate Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Royal Station Hotel