Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Daniel Defoe's York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The Shambles
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Red Tower
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Lendal Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- John Carr - Architect
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Constantius Chlorus
- A Pipkin
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Union Gas Works