Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- The Guildhall
- Fire in the Minster
- New Shopping Centres
- Viking Coins
- The Council of Arles
- Eric Bloodaxe
- A New Walk
- St William's Shrine
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Abbot's House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The 1190 Massacre
- Barley Hall
- The Mystery Plays
- Treasurer's House
- The Norman Castle
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop