Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Medieval Castle
- View from Station Rise
- King Edward I and York
- The Hospitium
- First World War Memorial
- York and the Holocaust
- Barker Tower
- George Leeman
- The Assembly Rooms
- The York Observatory
- Fishergate Bar
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Military Belt Fitting
- Central Methodist Chapel