Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze weights
- The Debtors' Prison
- St William's Shrine
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- New Shopping Centres
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Vikings and Christianity
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Medieval Minster
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- View from Station Rise
- York Union Gas Works
- Viking Coins
- The Shambles
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom