Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Norman House
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- John Carr - Architect
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- View from Station Rise
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Scarborough Bridge
- Anglian Carving
- A Pipkin
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- York Castle Museum