Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Teaching the Poor
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York and the Holocaust
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Fairfax House
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The Railway Institute
- The York Observatory
- Ouse Bridge
- York Railway Station
- Inscription to Hecules
- Glazed Medieval Jug