Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Viking Coins
- Guy Fawkes
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Barley Hall
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Viking Male Grooming
- Anglian Carving
- New Shopping Centres
- The Female Prison
- The Basilica
- First World War Memorial
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre