Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Railway Institute
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Medieval Prisons
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Hospitium
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Inscription to Hecules
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The White Rose of York
- King Richard III and York
- The New Theatre
- York's Airfield