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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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King Edward III and York
- The Railway Institute
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- George Leeman
- The Greyfriars
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- De Grey Rooms
- Fishergate Bar
- A New Vision For York
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Middleham Jewel
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Medieval Minster