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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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Royal Station Hotel
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- New Shopping Centres
- York Art Gallery
- The Railway Institute
- The Council of Arles
- Gold Finger Ring
- John Carr - Architect
- Transport Moves On
- Statue of an Athlete
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The County Court House
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'