Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Greyfriars
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The First Railway Station
- Viking Coins
- Our Lady's Row
- The Female Prison
- Statue of an Athlete
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Sixties York
- The End of the Abbey
- The Multangular Tower
- The Red Tower