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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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Anglian Cross
- York Central Library
- Bronze weights
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Judges Lodging
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Bar Convent
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- New Shopping Centres
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'