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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Inscription to Hecules
- Victoria Bar
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Barker Tower
- Bootham Bar
- The Minster in Viking Times
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Crest of York St John College
- York and the Holocaust
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- De Grey Rooms
- The Mansion House
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Viking Boot