Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- First World War York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Guildhall
- The Norman Castle
- York Railway Station
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The End of the Abbey
- Yorkshire Museum
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- A Pipkin
- The York Observatory
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Lendal Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York