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 Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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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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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Transport Moves On
- Is York Cursed?
- Olive Oil Container
- The Hospitium
- York Union Gas Works
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Red Tower
- York's Coat of Arms
- The County Court House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Mystery Plays
- Fishergate Bar
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The First Minster