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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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and the Holocaust
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Jewbury Cemetery
- New Shopping Centres
- Judges Lodging
- Norman Window Frame
- The Bar Convent
- Bootham Bar
- A New Vision For York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Red Tower
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Middleham Jewel