Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Mystery Plays
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Sixties York
- Scarborough Bridge
- A New Vision For York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York Central Library
- Viking Boot
- William Etty, Artist
- Gold Arm Ring
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Bootham School
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The 1190 Massacre