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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- New Earswick
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Black Death
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Retreat
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Scarborough Bridge
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Middleham Jewel
- Daniel Defoe's York
- A Pipkin
- Second World War York
- Transport Moves On
- Cumberland House, King's Staith