Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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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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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- First World War Memorial
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Transport Moves On
- Viking Male Grooming
- Ripon College for Women
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Bar Convent
- 62 Low Petergate
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Norman Window Frame
- Rowntree Park
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Inscription to Hecules