Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Bombed
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Statue of the God Mars
- Church of St Helen
- The Medieval Minster
- Barley Hall
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fire in the Minster
- Church of St Olave
- The Medieval Castle
- The George Fox Incident
- King Edward II and York
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- St William's Shrine
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions