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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Roman Head Pot
- Viking Coins
- First World War York
- Silver Strap Ends
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Dick Turpin
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Vikings and Christianity
- Monk Bar
- Constantius Chlorus
- The Basilica
- The End of the Abbey
- Statue of the God Mars
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey