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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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The First Railway Station
- Fire in the Minster
- Margaret Clitherow
- A New Walk
- Bone Trial Piece
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Greyfriars
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Richard II and York
- The Hospitium
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Victoria Bar
- Yorkshire Museum
- Teaching the Poor
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Fairfax House