Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Viking Coins
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Roman Fortress
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Railway Institute
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- View from Station Rise
- The Norman Abbey
- Silver Strap Ends
- Church of St Olave
- The Medieval Castle
- Minster Library
- Fishergate Bar