Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Victoria Bar
- The 1190 Massacre
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Micklegate Bar
- York Art Gallery
- The County Court House
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Retreat
- Anglian Carving
- Stonegate
- Lendal Tower
- Second World War York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King Edward III and York