Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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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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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Guildhall
- First World War Memorial
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Railway Institute
- Royal Station Hotel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Feeding Roman York
- The Female Prison
- Middleham Jewel
- A New University
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Norman Minster
- The Minster in the 18th Century