Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Medieval Castle
- The Medieval Minster
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Viking Coins
- A New Walk
- The First Railway Station
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- First World War York
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Coat of Arms
- New Shopping Centres
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York and the Holocaust
- Queen Margaret's Arch