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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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Judges Lodging
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York Garrison
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Anglian Carving
- Olive Oil Container
- Crest of York St John College
- Dick Turpin
- Sixties York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Norman Window Frame
- St Crux's Church
- The Bar Convent
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Teaching the Poor