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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The New Theatre
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Lendal Tower
- Yorkshire Museum
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King Edward II and York
- The Norman Castle
- The Retreat
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Medieval Castle
- Norman Window Frame
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Minster Library
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Medieval Minster