Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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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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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The New Theatre
- York Castle Museum
- The First Minster
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Church of St Olave
- The Cawood Sword
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Minster
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Statue of Napoleon
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Mary Ward
- Our Lady's Row
- New Shopping Centres
- Norman Window Frame
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle