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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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Castle Museum
- King Edward II and York
- Viking Coins
- De Grey Rooms
- The Female Prison
- The Medieval Castle
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Guildhall
- Statue of Napoleon
- New Shopping Centres
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop