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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Crux's Church
- Ripon College for Women
- Viking Coins
- St Leonard's Hospital
- William Etty, Artist
- The Bar Convent
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Holy Trinity Church
- Military Belt Fitting
- Cinema Comes to York
- Scarborough Bridge
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Mary Ward
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers