Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Retreat
- Feeding Roman York
- King Richard II and York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Viking Boot
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- York Bombed
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Cinema Comes to York
- Middleham Jewel
- A New Vision For York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Red Tower