Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward III and York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The York Hoard
- A Pipkin
- Church of St Olave
- Church of St Wilfrid
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Railway Institute
- First World War Memorial
- Royal Station Hotel
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Anglian Cross
- Sixties York
- The Medieval Castle
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Bones of a Roman Combatant