Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Treasurer's House
- Vikings and Christianity
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- King Edward II and York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Judges Lodging
- Medieval Prisons
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The County Court House
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Basilica
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre