Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Statue of an Athlete
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Debtors' Prison
- Medieval Prisons
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Union Gas Works
- The Multangular Tower
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Jubbergate
- Silver Strap Ends
- The First Railway Station
- York Castle Museum
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Alcuin of York
- Vikings and Christianity