Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- View from Station Rise
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The End of the Abbey
- Cinema Comes to York
- Fairfax House
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Sixties York
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- The Basilica
- Constantius Chlorus