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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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Teaching the Poor
- York Art Gallery
- Clifford's Tower
- Scarborough Bridge
- Constantius Chlorus
- York Castle Museum
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- The Minster after the Reformation
- York's Airfield
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- The Abbot's House
- A New Vision For York
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- The End of the Abbey
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool