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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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Teaching the Poor
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Railway Institute
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Constantius Chlorus
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Castle Museum
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York Art Gallery
- The George Fox Incident
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Cinema Comes to York
- The First Railway Station
- The Retreat