Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Jubbergate
- Rowntree Park
- John Carr - Architect
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Hospitium
- Judges Lodging
- Second World War York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Yorkshire Museum
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Anglian Carving
- York and the Holocaust
- Lendal Tower
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate