Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Industrial Upheaval
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Royal Station Hotel
- Statue of the God Mars
- The York Observatory
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Abbot's House
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Jubbergate
- Scarborough Bridge
- Medieval Prisons
- King Edward II and York
- York Bombed
- York Garrison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse