Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Industrial Upheaval
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Jubbergate
- The 1190 Massacre
- Teaching the Poor
- The Guildhall
- Viking Boot
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Cawood Sword
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bootham School
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street