Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The York Observatory
- Minster Library
- Statue of an Athlete
- Lendal Tower
- Jewbury Cemetery
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Teaching the Poor
- Industrial Upheaval
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Silver Strap Ends
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Multangular Tower
- Middleham Jewel