Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Middleham Jewel
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Treasurer's House
- The First Minster
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Railway Institute
- Clifford's Tower
- York's Coat of Arms
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- De Grey Rooms
- The Greyfriars
- York's Airfield
- The Red Tower