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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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- St William's Shrine
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Red Tower
- Gold Arm Ring
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- New Earswick
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Micklegate Bar
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Holy Trinity Church
- A New Walk
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Walmgate Bar
- The Norman Abbey