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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Our Lady's Row
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Middleham Jewel
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The First Railway Station
- The Railway Institute
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Ripon College for Women
- Transport Moves On
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Bar Convent
- King Richard II and York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Mansion House
- York Central Library