Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The White Rose of York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Lendal Bridge
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Military Belt Fitting
- The York Observatory
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Multangular Tower
- York and the Holocaust
- The Norman Castle
- York Railway Station
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York