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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Walk
- The Red Tower
- York Central Library
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Teaching the Poor
- Water Lanes
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward II and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Our Lady's Row
- The Norman Abbey
- The Norman House
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers