Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- A New University
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Walmgate Bar
- Water Lanes
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- George Leeman
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Statue of the God Mars
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Sword Pommel