Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Treasurer's House
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York Art Gallery
- Lendal Tower
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The End of the Abbey
- The Norman Minster
- Barley Hall
- York Union Gas Works
- Mithras and Arimanius
- A New Vision For York
- York Castle Museum
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Anglian Carving
- Dick Turpin
- The 1190 Massacre
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning