Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The 1190 Massacre
- Guy Fawkes
- A New Walk
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Cinema Comes to York
- First World War York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- William Etty, Artist
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Guildhall
- Church of St Olave
- Royal Station Hotel
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Observatory