Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Medieval Prisons
- Industrial Upheaval
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Cinema Comes to York
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Hospitium
- Fire in the Minster
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Norman Castle
- The Norman House
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Fishergate Bar
- Viking Coins
- Sixties York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- St Martin Le Grand Church