Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Sixties York
- The Greyfriars
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Assembly Rooms
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Stonegate
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Holy Trinity Church
- York Union Gas Works
- Amber Bead Workshop
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Bridge
- King Richard II and York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Norman Castle