Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fairfax House
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Female Prison
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Church of St Helen
- King Richard III and York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- The Railway Institute
- The New Theatre
- York and the Holocaust
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- York Art Gallery
- York in the fifteenth Century