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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Greyfriars
- York Garrison
- The Assembly Rooms
- King Edward III and York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Micklegate Bar
- A New Walk
- The Hospitium
- Anglian Cross
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Hoard
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- York Bombed
- George Leeman
- The George Fox Incident