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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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Bootham School
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The First Railway Station
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Medieval Castle
- A Pipkin
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- The Multangular Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- King Edward III and York
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Statue of the God Mars