Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Fairfax House
- Scarborough Bridge
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Roman Head Pot
- Judges Lodging
- St Crux's Church
- York St John in the 20th Century
- 62 Low Petergate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Hospitium
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Medieval Castle
- The Red Tower
- Daniel Defoe's York
- First World War York