Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- First World War York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Anglian Cross
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Norman House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Fairfax House
- The Medieval Minster
- The Cawood Sword
- Our Lady's Row
- Statue of an Athlete
- King Edward II and York
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Norman Minster
- Gold Finger Ring
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Treasurer's House