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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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Crux's Church
- York Railway Station
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Anglian Cross
- St William's Shrine
- Gold Finger Ring
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The First Railway Station
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Medieval Prisons
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Inscription to Hecules
- Yorkshire Museum
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Vale of York Viking Hoard