Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Victoria Bar
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Our Lady's Row
- Second World War York
- Feeding Roman York
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Bone Trial Piece
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- 62 Low Petergate
- The End of the Abbey
- St Crux's Church
- York Railway Station
- Church of St Wilfrid