Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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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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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- The Medieval Castle
- Stonegate
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Water Lanes
- Micklegate Bar
- York Garrison
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Fishergate Bar
- The County Court House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Cinema Comes to York