Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Mystery Plays
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Statue of Napoleon
- King Edward I and York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The First Minster
- Sixties York
- The Guildhall
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- King Richard III and York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Dick Turpin
- Ouse Bridge
- King Richard II and York