Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Silver Strap Ends
- Bone Trial Piece
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Medieval Abbey
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- A New Vision For York
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Yorkshire Museum
- Dick Turpin
- Ripon College for Women
- St Crux's Church
- View from Station Rise
- Minster Library
- York and the Holocaust
- Viking Coins
- The Minster in the 18th Century