Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Walmgate Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Medieval Abbey
- King Richard II and York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King Richard III and York
- The Red Tower
- Feeding Roman York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)