Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Debtors' Prison
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- King Richard II and York
- Second World War York
- Medieval Prisons
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Roman Chimney Pot
- First World War Memorial
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Central Library
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York Union Gas Works
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Anglian Carving
- The Black Death
- The First Railway Station