Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The First Railway Station
- Central Methodist Chapel
- A New Walk
- The Battle of the Standard
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Margaret Clitherow
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Assembly Rooms
- Fairfax House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Is York Cursed?
- A Pipkin
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Tombstone of Julia Velva