Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Norman Window Frame
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Fire in the Minster
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Water Lanes
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- King Edward II and York
- The Hospitium
- Guy Fawkes
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Silver Strap Ends
- The York Hoard
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Norman House
- The Victorian Prison Building