Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Water Lanes
- Lendal Tower
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Military Belt Fitting
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York's Airfield
- First World War York
- Teaching the Poor
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station