Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- The First Minster
- First World War Memorial
- York's Airfield
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- King Edward III and York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The New Theatre
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- A New University
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- King Edward II and York
- Fishergate Bar