Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Basilica
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A Pipkin
- The George Fox Incident
- York Railway Station
- The Cawood Sword
- John Carr - Architect
- Vikings and Christianity
- Roman Head Pot
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman Abbey
- 62 Low Petergate