Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Railway Institute
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The First Minster
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York's Coat of Arms
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Castle Museum
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The York Helmet