Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- Walmgate Bar
- William Etty, Artist
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Royal Station Hotel
- Church of St Helen
- Monk Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Railway Institute
- Church of St Olave
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Ouse Bridge
- Olive Oil Container
- Silver Strap Ends
- First World War Memorial
- The End of the Abbey
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A New Vision For York