Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Greyfriars
- King Edward I and York
- George Leeman
- Olive Oil Container
- The Battle of the Standard
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The New Theatre
- Minster Library
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Guy Fawkes
- Viking Boot
- The York Helmet
- The Medieval Minster
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Anglian Cross
- The Railway King: George Hudson