Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The End of the Abbey
- Teaching the Poor
- Inscription to Hecules
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- York Railway Station
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The First Minster
- King Edward II and York
- The Bar Convent
- The Battle of the Standard
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop