Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Ouse Bridge
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The York Hoard
- Church of St Helen
- Anglian Carving
- Micklegate Bar
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Statue of the God Mars
- Military Belt Fitting
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Judges Lodging
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Debtors' Prison
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning