Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Sixties York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Gold Arm Ring
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St Leonard's Hospital
- York and the Holocaust
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The George Fox Incident
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Shambles
- St William's Shrine
- York Art Gallery
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Lendal Bridge