Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Crux's Church
- The Bar Convent
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Mansion House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Railway Institute
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York Art Gallery
- St Leonard's Hospital
- King Richard II and York
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Horn of Ulf
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Mary Ward
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa