Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Mystery Plays
- Stonegate
- The Debtors' Prison
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Judges Lodging
- Olive Oil Container
- The Railway Institute
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Medieval Castle
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Female Prison
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Our Lady's Row