Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Jubbergate
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Shambles
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- View from Station Rise
- Fairfax House
- The Assembly Rooms
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Battle of the Standard
- Jewbury Cemetery
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- A Pipkin
- The Guildhall