Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard III and York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Victoria Bar
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Second World War York
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- York Central Library
- The Norman Minster
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The George Fox Incident
- Fairfax House
- First World War Memorial
- Viking Silk Cap