Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- George Leeman
- William Etty, Artist
- The Roman Fortress
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York Union Gas Works
- The York Helmet
- York's Airfield
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Debtors' Prison
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Female Prison
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Railway Institute
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Second World War York