Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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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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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Dick Turpin
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Battle of the Standard
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The End of the Abbey
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Barley Hall
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Multangular Tower
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Cawood Sword