Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- The Basilica
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Viking Coins
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The George Fox Incident
- King Richard II and York
- York Castle Museum
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- The Greyfriars
- The Norman House
- The 1190 Massacre
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Gold Arm Ring