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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Guildhall
- The Norman Minster
- Second World War York
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Dick Turpin
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Is York Cursed?
- Church of St Helen
- King Richard II and York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York Art Gallery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- First World War York
- The First Minster
- Viking Boot