Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Multangular Tower
- York Union Gas Works
- The Basilica
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Norman Abbey
- Alcuin of York
- Treasurer's House
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Norman House
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Anglian Cross
- The Assembly Rooms
- A Pipkin
- The George Fox Incident