Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Olive Oil Container
- The First Railway Station
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Inscription to Hecules
- Constantius Chlorus
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Ripon College for Women
- Cinema Comes to York
- New Earswick
- Bootham School
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Bone Trial Piece
- York's Airfield
- The First Minster
- First World War York