Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Medieval Abbey
- Cinema Comes to York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Anglian Carving
- Crest of York St John College
- First World War York
- Fire in the Minster
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Boot
- The New Theatre
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Edward II and York
- Transport Moves On
- Minster Library
- The Norman Minster
- The Norman Castle