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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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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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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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- King Edward I and York
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Red Tower
- Judges Lodging
- King Edward II and York
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- York and the Holocaust
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Teaching the Poor
- 62 Low Petergate
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church