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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- York Garrison
- Ripon College for Women
- The White Rose of York
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Railway Station
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Hospitium
- Scarborough Bridge
- Anglian Cross
- William Etty, Artist
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Yorkshire Museum
- The York Hoard
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Roman Fortress
- Bones of a Roman Combatant