Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Mary Ward
- Sixties York
- Minster Library
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- De Grey Rooms
- St William's Shrine
- View from Station Rise
- The George Fox Incident
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Norman Castle
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Council of Arles
- A New Vision For York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Royal Station Hotel
- Constantius Chlorus
- Vale of York Viking Hoard