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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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Female Prison
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York Bombed
- Our Lady's Row
- The Shambles
- Daniel Defoe's York
- New Earswick
- Royal Station Hotel
- The York Hoard
- Fairfax House
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Crest of York St John College
- Vikings and Christianity
- The Mystery Plays
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Guy Fawkes