Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St William's Shrine
- View from Station Rise
- The First Minster
- York and the Holocaust
- Yorkshire Museum
- 62 Low Petergate
- York Garrison
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Battle of the Standard
- Norman Window Frame
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- King Edward III and York
- King Edward II and York
- Micklegate Bar
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Monk Bar