Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- King Edward II and York
- Walmgate Bar
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The Medieval Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Viking Male Grooming
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Norman Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Water Lanes
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway