Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Treasurer's House
- Cinema Comes to York
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Statue of Napoleon
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King Richard II and York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Red Tower
- The Cawood Sword
- A Pipkin
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The 1190 Massacre
- The End of the Abbey
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Jubbergate