Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Sixties York
- Lendal Tower
- Church of St Olave
- The First Minster
- The York Hoard
- First World War York
- The Shambles
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Treasurer's House
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The York Observatory
- Monk Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Mithras and Arimanius