Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Our Lady's Row
- Feeding Roman York
- Bootham Bar
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Stonegate
- Victoria Bar
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Cawood Sword
- Roman Head Pot
- York Union Gas Works
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier