Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- The Greyfriars
- The Norman Castle
- Mary Ward
- Gold Finger Ring
- Royal Station Hotel
- The County Court House
- Margaret Clitherow
- A Pipkin
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Norman House
- York St John in the 20th Century
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Guildhall
- Norman Window Frame
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Observatory