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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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Medieval Abbey
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York Central Library
- The 1190 Massacre
- New Shopping Centres
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Statue of an Athlete
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Roman Chimney Pot
- King Edward III and York
- The End of the Abbey
- Roman Head Pot
- The Norman House
- Crest of York St John College