Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- The Railway Institute
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Mansion House
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Guy Fawkes
- Lendal Bridge
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York Bombed
- The Black Death
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- King Edward III and York
- The New Theatre