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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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Abbey
- Gold Arm Ring
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Vikings and Christianity
- York Railway Station
- The Cawood Sword
- Micklegate Bar
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bootham School
- King Edward III and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Treasurer's House
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Anglian Cross
- Holy Trinity Church
- The Minster after the Reformation