Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Cawood Sword
- Anglian Carving
- The First Railway Station
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- York Castle Museum
- Walmgate Bar
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- The End of the Abbey
- Sixties York
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The First Minster
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Aldwark Synagogue
- York's Medieval Synagogue