Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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York's Jewish History - An Audio Trail
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Edward II and York
- Clifford's Tower
- Skeldergate Bridge
- St Crux's Church
- Teaching the Poor
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Multangular Tower
- The Norman Abbey
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- The Assembly Rooms
- St Leonard's Hospital
- 62 Low Petergate
- Anglian Burial Vessel