Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Industrial Upheaval
- Viking Coins
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- The York Helmet
- Jubbergate
- Stonegate
- The Abbot's House
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- John Carr - Architect
- The Medieval Minster
- The End of the Abbey
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- A New Walk
- Treasurer's House
- Ripon College for Women
- Minster Library