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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Anglian Cross
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Water Lanes
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Ripon College for Women
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The First Minster
- Viking Boot
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The York Observatory
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- St Martin Le Grand Church