Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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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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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York Union Gas Works
- The Roman Fortress
- Sixties York
- Rowntree Park
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Viking Boot
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- De Grey Rooms
- Alcuin of York
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Ripon College for Women
- The Guildhall
- The End of the Abbey
- King Edward II and York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Art Gallery
- The Council of Arles