Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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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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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Statue of Napoleon
- Constantius Chlorus
- The York Hoard
- The County Court House
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Retreat
- First World War Memorial
- Is York Cursed?
- Military Belt Fitting
- Anglian Carving
- The Minster in Viking Times
- A Pipkin
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Victoria Bar
- Roman Head Pot