Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Yorkshire Museum
- All Saints Church, North Street
- The Medieval Abbey
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Alcuin of York
- Statue of Napoleon
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Female Prison
- Olive Oil Container
- The Norman Abbey
- Feeding Roman York
- Scarborough Bridge
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Water Lanes