Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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 Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Medieval Castle
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Battle of the Standard
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The York Hoard
- Transport Moves On
- The Mystery Plays
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Treasurer's House
- Judges Lodging
- Holy Trinity Church
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Central Methodist Chapel