Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- The George Fox Incident
- Feeding Roman York
- York Castle Museum
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Bronze weights
- Church of St Olave
- York Railway Station
- The Basilica
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The First Railway Station
- The Cawood Sword
- Viking Silk Cap
- Middleham Jewel