Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Red Tower
- Water Lanes
- The George Fox Incident
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Viking Silk Cap
- Fire in the Minster
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Constantius Chlorus
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Basilica
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Monk Bar
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- King Richard II and York