Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York's Airfield
- A Pipkin
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Margaret Clitherow
- St William's Shrine
- Church of St Olave
- Fire in the Minster
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Shambles
- York's Coat of Arms
- Military Belt Fitting
- The York Hoard
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- York Railway Station
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier