Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Our Lady's Row
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- First World War York
- A Pipkin
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- De Grey Rooms
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Viking Male Grooming
- The Norman Minster
- Statue of an Athlete
- Monk Bar
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Retreat
- Olive Oil Container