Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Railway Station
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Yorkshire Museum
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Battle of the Standard
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Olive Oil Container
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The White Rose of York
- The Mystery Plays
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Teaching the Poor
- First World War Memorial
- Viking Male Grooming