Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- York and the Holocaust
- York Bombed
- The Debtors' Prison
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Monk Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Ripon College for Women
- The Pilgrimage of Grace