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 City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Water Lanes
- Church of St Helen
- York Railway Station
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Bootham School
- The White Rose of York
- Barker Tower
- The Medieval Castle
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Royal Station Hotel