Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Castle Museum
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Jubbergate
- Bootham School
- The Basilica
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Bootham Bar
- Is York Cursed?
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- King Edward III and York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- A New Vision For York
- The Norman Minster
- George Leeman