Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Norman Abbey
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Guildhall
- The Mystery Plays
- The First Minster
- Statue of an Athlete
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Sixties York
- A Pipkin
- Queen Margaret's Arch