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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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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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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Clifford's Tower
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Mystery Plays
- The Multangular Tower
- The Battle of the Standard
- View from Station Rise
- St William's Shrine
- The Council of Arles
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- King Edward III and York
- Feeding Roman York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- York Union Gas Works
- Vikings and Christianity
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York Castle Museum
- Holy Trinity Church