Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Norman Abbey
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Multangular Tower
- New Shopping Centres
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The 1190 Massacre
- Lendal Tower
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Roman Fortress
- First World War Memorial
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- York Union Gas Works
- The Norman Castle
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- King Edward II and York
- Aldwark Synagogue