Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Guild Halls of York
The biggest guilds were rich and pow...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Central Methodist Chapel
- View from Station Rise
- Mary Ward
- York's Coat of Arms
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Female Prison
- York and the Holocaust
- Fairfax House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Rowntree Park
- The York Observatory
- The Multangular Tower
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Dick Turpin
- Medieval Prisons