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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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Central Methodist Chapel
- First World War York
- The York Helmet
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Military Belt Fitting
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Industrial Upheaval
- Micklegate Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Railway Station
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Debtors' Prison
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The Medieval Castle