Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Mary Ward
- Barker Tower
- The End of the Abbey
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Vikings and Christianity
- A Pipkin
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- 62 Low Petergate
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Roman Fortress
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Fairfax House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Queen Margaret's Arch