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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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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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The County Court House
- Norman Window Frame
- The Bar Convent
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cinema Comes to York
- Micklegate Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Helen
- The Norman House
- Alcuin of York
- Constantius Chlorus
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The First Minster
- The Cawood Sword
- Sixties York
- First World War Memorial
- 62 Low Petergate