Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- York's Coat of Arms
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Barker Tower
- Victoria Bar
- Transport Moves On
- Olive Oil Container
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Mithras and Arimanius
- 62 Low Petergate
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Council of Arles
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The 1190 Massacre
- Sixties York
- York Castle Museum