Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New Vision For York
- William Etty, Artist
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Retreat
- The Mansion House
- Teaching the Poor
- Viking Silk Cap
- Treasurer's House
- York Bombed
- Margaret Clitherow
- Constantius Chlorus
- Church of St Wilfrid
- The George Fox Incident
- Micklegate Bar
- The End of the Abbey
- The Multangular Tower
- Ouse Bridge
- The Assembly Rooms