Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- The Cawood Sword
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Lendal Tower
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The York Hoard
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Norman Castle
- Alcuin of York
- Margaret Clitherow
- Norman Window Frame
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Black Death
- Bone Trial Piece
- First World War York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- New Earswick