Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Scarborough Bridge
- Yorkshire Museum
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Retreat
- First World War York
- Fire in the Minster
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Monk Bar
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The George Fox Incident
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- A New Walk