Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Second World War York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- St Crux's Church
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Skeldergate Bridge
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- 62 Low Petergate
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Red Tower
- A Pipkin
- King Edward II and York
- The Council of Arles
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York in the fifteenth Century