Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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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...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The White Rose of York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Treasurer's House
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Barley Hall
- The County Court House
- Guy Fawkes
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Teaching the Poor
- Feeding Roman York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman Castle
- King Richard III and York