Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Victoria Bar
- Mary Ward
- The Norman Abbey
- Norman Window Frame
- Fire in the Minster
- The Roman Fortress
- The Greyfriars
- Margaret Clitherow
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Micklegate Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Abbot's House
- The Railway Institute
- First World War York