Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ouse Bridge
- Barley Hall
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Debtors' Prison
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Jewbury Cemetery
- A New University
- The First Railway Station
- Sixties York
- Silver Strap Ends
- Anglian Carving
- King Edward II and York
- The Mansion House
- The Retreat