Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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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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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Railway Institute
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Shambles
- The Minster in Viking Times
- A Pipkin
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Church of St Olave
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Statue of the God Mars
- Bootham School
- Inscription to Hecules
- Fishergate Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- John Carr - Architect
- York Art Gallery