Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Coins
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The First Railway Station
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Abbot's House
- Second World War York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The 1190 Massacre
- Monk Bar
- The Norman Abbey
- Our Lady's Row
- A Pipkin
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Rowntree Park
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window