Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Bar Convent
- Statue of an Athlete
- Mary Ward
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Crux's Church
- Statue of Napoleon
- York Garrison
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Retreat
- The Minster after the Reformation
- A New Walk
- Royal Station Hotel
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- William Etty, Artist
- The Horn of Ulf
- The First Railway Station
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)