Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Rowntree Park
- Walmgate Bar
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The First Minster
- Mary Ward
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Yorkshire Museum
- York Garrison
- Gold Arm Ring
- Olive Oil Container
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Crux's Church