Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- St Crux's Church
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Statue of Napoleon
- Barker Tower
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Battle of the Standard
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Central Library
- The Railway Institute
- The Debtors' Prison
- George Leeman
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Female Prison
- Second World War York
- Ripon College for Women
- Scarborough Bridge
- Monk Bar