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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Water Lanes
- 62 Low Petergate
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Bombed
- The Multangular Tower
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- St William's Shrine
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The York Observatory
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Fishergate Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- The New Theatre
- Olive Oil Container