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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Norman Abbey
- Olive Oil Container
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Statue of the God Mars
- Yorkshire Museum
- Norman Window Frame
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- King Edward III and York
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Anglian Cross
- Mary Ward
- The Battle of the Standard
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels