Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- The Debtors' Prison
- A New Vision For York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Minster Library
- The Female Prison
- Church of St Helen
- The County Court House
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- View from Station Rise
- Feeding Roman York
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- George Leeman
- Clifford's Tower