Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fire in the Minster
- Medieval Prisons
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Retreat
- The Medieval Castle
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Rowntree Park
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Cinema Comes to York
- The York Observatory
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Railway Institute
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Female Prison
- The Victorian Prison Building
- The Battle of the Standard
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Middleham Jewel