Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- Is York Cursed?
- The Railway Institute
- The Abbot's House
- Lendal Bridge
- Mary Ward
- Second World War York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Middleham Jewel
- Olive Oil Container
- Royal Station Hotel
- Teaching the Poor
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Victorian Prison Building
- New Shopping Centres