Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York's Coat of Arms
- King Edward II and York
- The York Observatory
- Middleham Jewel
- Mary Ward
- The Railway Institute
- The Medieval Minster
- The York Hoard
- York Central Library
- Barley Hall
- Constantius Chlorus
- A Pipkin
- Cinema Comes to York
- Gold Finger Ring
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate