Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Greyfriars
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Statue of Napoleon
- Ripon College for Women
- Bone Trial Piece
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Council of Arles
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Guildhall
- Cinema Comes to York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Constantius Chlorus
- The George Fox Incident