Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Helmet
- A Pipkin
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Viking Coins
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Mystery Plays
- Alcuin of York
- Transport Moves On
- The Minster in the 20th Century