Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Rowntree Park
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Medieval Castle
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- York and the Holocaust
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- King Edward I and York
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York Bombed
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- A Pipkin
- First World War Memorial
- Statue of the God Mars