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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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Earswick
- Viking Boot
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bootham School
- The New Theatre
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- First World War Memorial
- Alcuin of York
- The Bar Convent
- Jewbury Cemetery
- William Etty, Artist
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Shambles
- The White Rose of York
- The York Helmet
- The Mystery Plays