Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of the Standard
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Clifford's Tower
- The Norman House
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Fishergate Bar
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Norman Abbey
- The York Helmet
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Gold Finger Ring
- Anglian Carving
- The Mansion House
- King Richard II and York
- Roman Chimney Pot