Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Clifford's Tower
- Vikings and Christianity
- A New Vision For York
- Inscription to Hecules
- York Railway Station
- Fire in the Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York Central Library
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Hospitium
- Alcuin of York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- William Etty, Artist
- The New Theatre
- The Railway Institute
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Cinema Comes to York