Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Our Lady's Row
- Barley Hall
- The Cawood Sword
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Guildhall
- Second World War York
- Royal Station Hotel
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The End of the Abbey
- The George Fox Incident
- York Bombed
- King Richard III and York
- Viking Male Grooming