Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- Inscription to Hecules
- Sixties York
- Treasurer's House
- York Bombed
- Lendal Bridge
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- New Shopping Centres
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Railway Station
- Church of St Helen
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- View from Station Rise
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Newgate Cross Shaft