Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Airfield
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The End of the Abbey
- The Assembly Rooms
- Judges Lodging
- The Roman Fortress
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Water Lanes
- King Richard III and York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Second World War York
- York Castle Museum
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Mary Ward
- Feeding Roman York
- The Cawood Sword