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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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Norman House
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Minster Library
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Greyfriars
- Bootham School
- Lendal Bridge
- A New University
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Ripon College for Women
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Norman Minster
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre