Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- A New Vision For York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Sixties York
- Transport Moves On
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Crux's Church
- Micklegate Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions