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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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Anglian Cross
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Statue of Napoleon
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- New Shopping Centres
- The Mansion House
- Guy Fawkes
- Clifford's Tower
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Walmgate Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Inscription to Hecules
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Basilica