Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Hospitium
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Female Prison
- The Assembly Rooms
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Second World War York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Red Tower
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Water Lanes
- King Richard III and York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Constantius Chlorus