Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Constantius Chlorus
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Ripon College for Women
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Is York Cursed?
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Female Prison
- A New Vision For York
- Lendal Tower
- The Norman House