Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Transport Moves On
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The End of the Abbey
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Second World War York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- A New Vision For York
- The Roman Fortress