Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Railway Institute
- Inscription to Hecules
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Bone Trial Piece
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Dick Turpin
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The New Theatre
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Bronze weights
- Anglian Carving
- Daniel Defoe's York