Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Castle
- The White Rose of York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Second World War York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St William's Shrine
- The Red Tower
- Viking Silk Cap
- The First Railway Station
- William Etty, Artist
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- De Grey Rooms
- Fire in the Minster
- The Railway Institute