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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Minster Library
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Cawood Sword
- Bootham Bar
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Statue of Napoleon
- Barley Hall
- Margaret Clitherow
- A Pipkin
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Mansion House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Norman House