Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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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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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Jubbergate
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Constantius Chlorus
- The First Railway Station
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- St Crux's Church
- Monk Bar
- Anglian Cross
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Dick Turpin