Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Roman Head Pot
- The Basilica
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Anglian Cross
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- George Leeman
- Is York Cursed?
- Viking Silk Cap
- Statue of the God Mars
- First World War Memorial
- The York Helmet
- York Railway Station
- The Multangular Tower
- Lendal Tower
- Ripon College for Women