Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The George Fox Incident
- The Red Tower
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- George Leeman
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Medieval Prisons
- Constantius Chlorus
- The New Theatre
- Ripon College for Women
- Jubbergate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Inscription to Hecules
- Alcuin of York
- Victoria Bar