Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Church of St Helen
- Ripon College for Women
- The Mystery Plays
- Crest of York St John College
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The New Theatre
- Bootham Bar
- Roman Head Pot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Abbot's House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Skeldergate Bridge
- First World War York