Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Our Lady's Row
- Margaret Clitherow
- Guy Fawkes
- The Assembly Rooms
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The York Helmet
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Is York Cursed?
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- New Earswick
- Yorkshire Museum
- Lendal Bridge
- Viking Silk Cap
- Treasurer's House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Abbot's House
- Ripon College for Women