Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Industrial Upheaval
- Teaching the Poor
- Middleham Jewel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- 62 Low Petergate
- The Norman House
- The Horn of Ulf
- The York Hoard
- The Battle of the Standard
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Multangular Tower
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- New Earswick
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Roman Fortress
- The Assembly Rooms