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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Battle of the Standard
- Barley Hall
- The York Helmet
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Viking Silk Cap
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Royal Station Hotel
- De Grey Rooms
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- A New University
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Church of St Olave