Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of Napoleon
- Skeldergate Bridge
- King Richard III and York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The York Helmet
- The New Theatre
- John Carr - Architect
- Scarborough Bridge
- Holy Trinity Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Viking Male Grooming
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Norman Window Frame
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Yorkshire Museum