Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Council of Arles
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Bar Convent
- Eric Bloodaxe
- First World War York
- The Assembly Rooms
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Anglian Cross
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The First Railway Station
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Monk Bar
- Olive Oil Container
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Scarborough Bridge
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Olave