Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The Norman House
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Inscription to Hecules
- Teaching the Poor
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Feeding Roman York
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Female Prison
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Guy Fawkes
- Fairfax House
- Royal Station Hotel
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Guildhall
- St Columba's United Reformed Church