Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Barley Hall
- All Saints Church, North Street
- York Railway Station
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Edward I and York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Victoria Bar
- Gold Finger Ring
- Viking Male Grooming
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- View from Station Rise
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Horn of Ulf
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries