Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Abbot's House
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Retreat
- Viking Boot
- Roman Head Pot
- View from Station Rise
- York's Coat of Arms
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and the Holocaust
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Church of St Olave
- Yorkshire Museum
- The County Court House
- Silver Strap Ends
- York St John in the 20th Century