Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Church of St Helen
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- York and the Holocaust
- Bronze weights
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Teaching the Poor
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Monk Bar
- Statue of an Athlete
- Norman Window Frame
- York's Coat of Arms
- Cinema Comes to York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Edward II and York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Norman House
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head