Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Margaret Clitherow
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Minster Library
- New Earswick
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham School
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Monk Bar
- The George Fox Incident
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Carving
- Viking Silk Cap
- Our Lady's Row
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Mary Ward