Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Cawood Sword
- Guy Fawkes
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bone Trial Piece
- Viking Silk Cap
- Judges Lodging
- New Earswick
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The End of the Abbey
- York Castle Museum
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Eric Bloodaxe