Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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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...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Leeman
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Feeding Roman York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Medieval Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building
- King Richard II and York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Crest of York St John College
- Alcuin of York
- John Carr - Architect
- The Shambles
- Bootham Bar
- The White Rose of York