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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Dick Turpin
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- The End of the Abbey
- Amber Bead Workshop
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The George Fox Incident
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Lendal Bridge
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Inscription to Hecules
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity