Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Yorkshire Museum
- Teaching the Poor
- Bronze weights
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Victoria Bar
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Medieval Minster
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Alcuin of York
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- York Central Library
- De Grey Rooms
- Treasurer's House
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Female Prison
- John Carr - Architect