Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Castle
- York and the Restoration of the Monarchy
- York and the Holocaust
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The York Hoard
- Skeldergate Bridge
- A Pipkin
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Minster Library
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Guildhall
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The Greyfriars