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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fire in the Minster
- King Edward II and York
- Silver Strap Ends
- York Central Library
- The George Fox Incident
- New Shopping Centres
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The End of the Abbey
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Olive Oil Container
- The Abbot's House
- The Minster in the 18th Century