Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Minster
- Judges Lodging
- Water Lanes
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Guildhall
- Bone Trial Piece
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- King Edward I and York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Hospitium
- Yorkshire Museum
- Monk Bar
- York Art Gallery
- St William's Shrine
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York