Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Olive Oil Container
- The First Minster
- Treasurer's House
- The Battle of the Standard
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- A Pipkin
- Anglian Cross
- Micklegate Bar
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Shambles
- Aldwark Synagogue
- John Carr - Architect
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'