Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- York Bombed
- Statue of Napoleon
- Royal Station Hotel
- Water Lanes
- Anglian Cross
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Jubbergate
- First World War York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- First World War Memorial
- The York Hoard
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Minster
- King Richard II and York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Medieval Castle