Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Olave
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Norman Minster
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Statue of the God Mars
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Greyfriars
- The York Hoard
- St William's Shrine
- Bootham Bar
- A New University
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Red Tower