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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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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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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Guildhall
- The New Theatre
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Medieval Prisons
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Church of St Olave
- The Railway Institute
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Red Tower
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Mansion House
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Barker Tower