Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Barley Hall
- The Medieval Minster
- York Art Gallery
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The York Observatory
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- George Leeman
- Statue of the God Mars
- First World War York
- The Mansion House
- Cinema Comes to York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- York and the Holocaust