Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Lendal Bridge
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Alcuin of York
- The New Theatre
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Viking Coins
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bootham Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Red Tower
- The Norman Abbey
- The First Railway Station
- The Battle of Marston Moor