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Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Build-up to Civil War
Charles I came to the throne in 1625...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Bronze weights
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Council of Arles
- Yorkshire Museum
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- St Leonard's Hospital
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- De Grey Rooms
- Sixties York
- Victoria Bar
- Olive Oil Container
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window