Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Treasurer's House
- Margaret Clitherow
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and the Holocaust
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Guy Fawkes
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Female Prison
- The Abbot's House
- Judges Lodging
- Micklegate Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Assembly Rooms
- York's Airfield
- Skeldergate Bridge