Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The York Helmet
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Basilica
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Black Death
- Clifford's Tower
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Is York Cursed?
- The Hospitium
- York Central Library
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Female Prison
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Micklegate Bar