Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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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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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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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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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The First Minster
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Lendal Bridge
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The New Theatre
- The 1190 Massacre
- Barker Tower
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bootham Bar
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Monk Bar
- Treasurer's House
- Church of St Olave
- The Guildhall
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Minster in the 20th Century