Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Mary Ward
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- George Leeman
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fairfax House
- York's Coat of Arms
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Railway Station
- King Richard III and York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bone Trial Piece
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Shambles
- Ripon College for Women
- Transport Moves On