Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- York Bombed
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Vikings and Christianity
- The New Theatre
- The Assembly Rooms
- Norman Window Frame
- Viking Male Grooming
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- The Multangular Tower
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Clifford's Tower
- Plum Cakes for Christmas