Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Teaching the Poor
- Cinema Comes to York
- Middleham Jewel
- Our Lady's Row
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Church of St Olave
- The Abbot's House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Alcuin of York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Council of Arles
- Fire in the Minster
- A Pipkin
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier