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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Bone Trial Piece
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Battle of the Standard
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Teaching the Poor
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Barker Tower
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Gold Arm Ring
- George Leeman
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Bar