Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Feeding Roman York
- George Leeman
- York Castle Museum
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Margaret Clitherow
- The Assembly Rooms
- Ripon College for Women
- Roman Head Pot
- The White Rose of York
- St William's Shrine
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers