Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Holy Trinity Church
- Cinema Comes to York
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- York Railway Station
- The York Helmet
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York and the Holocaust
- Roman Chimney Pot
- The Council of Arles
- The First Railway Station
- Sixties York
- Feeding Roman York
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Alcuin of York
- The County Court House
- Bronze weights
- The Bar Convent
- Artists, Writers and Scientists