Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Victoria Bar
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Mystery Plays
- The Debtors' Prison
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Fairfax House
- Central Methodist Chapel
- First World War Memorial
- Lendal Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Viking Male Grooming
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Norman Window Frame
- 62 Low Petergate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- St Crux's Church