Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Art Gallery
- Inscription to Hecules
- St William's Shrine
- The New Theatre
- Bone Trial Piece
- Our Lady's Row
- Victoria Bar
- The Medieval Abbey
- Viking Boot
- The Mystery Plays
- The Basilica
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bronze weights
- King Edward III and York
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)