Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Ouse Bridge
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Retreat
- A Pipkin
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Industrial Upheaval
- The York Observatory
- The Red Tower
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Roman Head Pot
- The Medieval Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Stonegate
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Cumberland House, King's Staith