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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- King Edward I and York
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Mystery Plays
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Central Library
- Viking Boot
- Viking Male Grooming
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Horn of Ulf
- Ripon College for Women
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Art Gallery