Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Barker Tower
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The York Observatory
- The New Theatre
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Black Death
- Royal Station Hotel
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Jubbergate
- Bootham School
- Gold Arm Ring