Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- The Victorian Prison Building
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York and the Holocaust
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The Abbot's House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Church of St Olave
- New Earswick
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- A Pipkin
- Bronze weights
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Debtors' Prison
- The York Helmet