Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York Central Library
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King Richard II and York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The New Theatre
- The First Railway Station
- The Guildhall
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The York Helmet
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Assembly Rooms