Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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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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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Teaching the Poor
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Garrison
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Second World War York
- King Edward I and York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Norman Window Frame
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Victoria Bar
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A Pipkin
- Gold Arm Ring
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Norman Minster
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom