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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The York Hoard
- 62 Low Petergate
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Barker Tower
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Transport Moves On
- The Roman Fortress
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Viking Boot
- Fishergate Bar
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- King Edward III and York