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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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- York Railway Station
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Railway Institute
- St William's Shrine
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Horn of Ulf
- First World War Memorial
- Fairfax House
- Yorkshire Museum
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Battle of the Standard
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The New Theatre
- Aldwark Synagogue