Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- John Carr - Architect
- Viking Male Grooming
- Norman Window Frame
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Abbot's House
- King Richard III and York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York and the Holocaust
- Eric Bloodaxe
- York Union Gas Works
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Hanging Bowl