Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Norman Abbey
- The Guildhall
- Alcuin of York
- Bone Trial Piece
- Lendal Bridge
- First World War York
- The York Observatory
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Coins
- Silver Strap Ends
- Viking Male Grooming
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Black Death
- Lendal Tower
- St Martin Le Grand Church