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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Female Prison
- Vikings and Christianity
- Ripon College for Women
- A New Vision For York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The George Fox Incident
- The Cawood Sword
- The Medieval Castle
- The Red Tower
- Yorkshire Museum
- Sixties York
- King Edward I and York
- The End of the Abbey
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Our Lady's Row