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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- A Pipkin
- Second World War York
- Bootham School
- King Richard III and York
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Viking Boot
- Statue of the God Mars
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Male Grooming
- Barley Hall
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Richard II and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- Rowntree Park