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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Fire in the Minster
- De Grey Rooms
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- A Pipkin
- Middleham Jewel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- First World War York
- Church of St Olave
- Anglian Cross
- The Cawood Sword
- Holy Trinity Church
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- York Art Gallery
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- York and the Holocaust