Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Micklegate Bar
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- York Railway Station
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- York Bombed
- Margaret Clitherow
- Guy Fawkes
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The Debtors' Prison
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Black Death
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Water Lanes