Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Royal Station Hotel
- View from Station Rise
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Basilica
- Judges Lodging
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Is York Cursed?
- The Greyfriars
- The Battle of the Standard
- Barker Tower
- The Retreat
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bootham Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window