Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Jubbergate
- Barker Tower
- Royal Station Hotel
- Is York Cursed?
- Viking Male Grooming
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- The Debtors' Prison
- William Etty, Artist
- Yorkshire Museum
- The York Hoard
- York Garrison
- Industrial Upheaval
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Inscription to Hecules
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'