Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Castle
- Micklegate Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Greyfriars
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Debtors' Prison
- Our Lady's Row
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Vikings and Christianity
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Newgate Cross Shaft