Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- View from Station Rise
- Margaret Clitherow
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Viking Coins
- Bootham Bar
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Mystery Plays
- Ripon College for Women
- First World War Memorial
- Anglian Cross
- Eric Bloodaxe