Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Ouse Bridge
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Guildhall
- Mary Ward
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- George Leeman
- The Cawood Sword
- Clifford's Tower
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers