Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Minster
- Ripon College for Women
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- York Central Library
- The Black Death
- Lendal Bridge
- Margaret Clitherow
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Inscription to Hecules
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Greyfriars
- First World War Memorial
- The Battle of the Standard
- First World War York
- The Pilgrimage of Grace