Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Mystery Plays
- Skeldergate Bridge
- John Carr - Architect
- Micklegate Bar
- Viking Male Grooming
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Church of St Helen
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Constantius Chlorus
- Middleham Jewel