Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Cawood Sword
- The Greyfriars
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- John Carr - Architect
- Fishergate Bar
- Transport Moves On
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Anglian Carving
- New Shopping Centres
- The Medieval Minster
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York Central Library
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- De Grey Rooms