Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- De Grey Rooms
- Jubbergate
- Industrial Upheaval
- Bootham School
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Roman Head Pot
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Battle of the Standard
- The End of the Abbey
- Mary Ward
- Daniel Defoe's York
- King Richard II and York
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York's Airfield
- Aldwark Synagogue
- The Hospitium
- George Leeman