Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Anglo Scandinavian York
The period of York's history between...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ripon College for Women
- King Edward I and York
- Victoria Bar
- Treasurer's House
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Lendal Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- Viking Silk Cap
- Church of St Helen
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Water Lanes
- A Pipkin
- King Edward III and York
- The York Observatory
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Mystery Plays
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Military Belt Fitting