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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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- Skeldergate Bridge
- William Etty, Artist
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- The Norman Abbey
- Norman Window Frame
- Vikings and Christianity
- Minster Library
- The Council of Arles
- New Earswick
- Church of St Helen
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Water Lanes
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Medieval Chamber Pot