Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Clifford's Tower
- The Abbot's House
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bronze weights
- York and the Holocaust
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Multangular Tower
- The Cawood Sword
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Teaching the Poor
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The New Theatre
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Aldwark Synagogue