Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Guy Fawkes
- King Richard II and York
- Church of St Olave
- The Female Prison
- The Cawood Sword
- York St John in the 20th Century
- King Richard III and York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Battle of the Standard
- Teaching the Poor
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Water Lanes
- The Railway Institute
- The Horn of Ulf
- Victoria Bar
- Ouse Bridge
- York's Airfield