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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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Dick Turpin
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Abbot's House
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Railway Station
- Industrial Upheaval
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Black Death
- Bone Trial Piece
- St William's Shrine
- Guy Fawkes
- The Basilica
- York's Coat of Arms