Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Crest of York St John College
- Monk Bar
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Bar Convent
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Church of St Olave
- New Shopping Centres
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The New Theatre
- Viking Silk Cap
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The First Minster
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- King Edward III and York
- York's Medieval Synagogue