Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- New Shopping Centres
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Multangular Tower
- Statue of an Athlete
- Gold Arm Ring
- The New Theatre
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Bridge
- Monk Bar
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Yorkshire Museum
- Jubbergate
- De Grey Rooms