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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Battle of the Standard
- Mary Ward
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Transport Moves On
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Debtors' Prison
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The York Helmet
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Silk Cap