Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Statue of the God Mars
- York Railway Station
- First World War Memorial
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Norman Abbey
- Teaching the Poor
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Sixties York
- The Female Prison
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Bar Convent
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters