Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- Constantius Chlorus
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Water Lanes
- First World War York
- Ouse Bridge
- Fishergate Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Red Tower
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop