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's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Alcuin of York
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Feeding Roman York
- Ouse Bridge
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Retreat
- Rowntree Park
- Barker Tower
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Cawood Sword
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Fairfax House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions