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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- The Abbot's House
- Roman Head Pot
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Female Prison
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Anglian Carving
- The George Fox Incident
- Royal Station Hotel
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Retreat
- Daniel Defoe's York
- New Shopping Centres
- Church of St Helen
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Medieval Abbey