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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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Basilica
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Feeding Roman York
- Bootham School
- York Castle Museum
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Bone Trial Piece
- York Central Library
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- New Earswick
- Our Lady's Row
- The Norman Castle
- Industrial Upheaval
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Clifford's Tower
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior