Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- William Etty, Artist
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Horn of Ulf
- Bone Trial Piece
- Ripon College for Women
- The County Court House
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The George Fox Incident
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Roman Head Pot
- A New Vision For York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- King Edward I and York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Bootham Bar
- Yorkshire Museum