Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Church of St Wilfrid
- King Edward II and York
- York Castle Museum
- Dick Turpin
- Barker Tower
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Assembly Rooms
- Teaching the Poor
- Gold Finger Ring
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy