Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Gold Finger Ring
- Barker Tower
- The Norman Abbey
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- King Edward I and York
- Water Lanes
- Second World War York
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- 62 Low Petergate
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Debtors' Prison