Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- William Etty, Artist
- Walmgate Bar
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Skeldergate Bridge
- York Castle Museum
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The York Observatory
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Alcuin of York
- King Richard III and York
- Gold Arm Ring
- Feeding Roman York
- Minster Library
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- King Edward II and York