Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- Clifford's Tower
- A Pipkin
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Battle of the Standard
- Royal Station Hotel
- Stonegate
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Jewbury Cemetery
- St Crux's Church
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Olive Oil Container
- The Norman House
- York's Coat of Arms
- The White Rose of York