Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Silver Strap Ends
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Fairfax House
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Holy Trinity Church
- First World War Memorial
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Horn of Ulf
- Ouse Bridge
- Guy Fawkes
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'