Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Transport Moves On
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- A New Vision For York
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The York Helmet
- Viking Male Grooming
- York St John in the 20th Century
- George Leeman
- York's Airfield
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church