Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The York Hoard
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bootham School
- Roman Head Pot
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Micklegate Bar
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Norman Abbey
- New Shopping Centres
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Basilica
- First World War Memorial
- York Railway Station
- The Multangular Tower
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Medieval Minster