Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- First World War York
- Roman Head Pot
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Barker Tower
- The New Theatre
- The Norman House
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The End of the Abbey
- The 1190 Massacre
- The White Rose of York
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Fire in the Minster
- The Red Tower
- Bootham Bar
- First World War Memorial