Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Fairfax House
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Vikings and Christianity
- The 1190 Massacre
- The Assembly Rooms
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- New Earswick
- Rebuilt in Stone
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York Castle Museum
- The Retreat
- Church of St Helen