Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman House
- The White Rose of York
- The Hospitium
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Abbot's House
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The New Theatre
- The Black Death
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Stonegate
- The First Minster
- Military Belt Fitting
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Union Gas Works