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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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The First Minster
- Fishergate Bar
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- York Central Library
- Alcuin of York
- The York Helmet
- A New Walk
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Minster Library
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Rowntree Park
- The Female Prison
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- William Etty, Artist
- The Hospitium
- Guy Fawkes