Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- A New University
- Guy Fawkes
- The Mystery Plays
- Fairfax House
- First World War Memorial
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Jewbury Cemetery
- A Pipkin
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- York and the Holocaust
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Female Prison
- The White Rose of York
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Constantius Chlorus
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Minster in the 20th Century