Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Vikings and Christianity
- De Grey Rooms
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Cawood Sword
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Red Tower
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Railway Station
- Norman Window Frame
- Scarborough Bridge
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The York Observatory
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Clifford's Tower