Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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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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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Minster Library
- The York Helmet
- Inscription to Hecules
- Gold Arm Ring
- Alcuin of York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Railway Institute
- Clifford's Tower
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- A New Walk
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York Garrison
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Military Belt Fitting