Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Feeding Roman York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Retreat
- Military Belt Fitting
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Railway Institute
- Inscription to Hecules
- Lendal Tower
- Fishergate Bar
- King's Manor - Victorian
- George Leeman
- The White Rose of York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Dick Turpin
- Judges Lodging
- Statue of an Athlete