Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Barker Tower
- Royal Station Hotel
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- York Garrison
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- New Shopping Centres
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- William Etty, Artist
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in Viking Times