Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Retreat
- Margaret Clitherow
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The White Rose of York
- Royal Station Hotel
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of the God Mars
- Lendal Tower
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Feeding Roman York
- Judges Lodging
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The York Hoard
- Lendal Bridge