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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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Lendal Bridge
- Clifford's Tower
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- York's Airfield
- The Hospitium
- York Bombed
- The Medieval Minster
- Bone Trial Piece
- De Grey Rooms
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Central Methodist Chapel
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- The Railway Institute