Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The White Rose of York
- Minster Library
- The Multangular Tower
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bootham School
- The Mansion House
- Micklegate Bar
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Olave
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Statue of an Athlete
- Stonegate
- Vikings and Christianity
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters