Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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The Normans Arrive
Previous southern kings had been con...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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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 Red Tower
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Feeding Roman York
- Statue of the God Mars
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- St William's Shrine
- King Richard II and York
- The Mansion House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Silver Strap Ends
- Statue of an Athlete
- Fairfax House
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Second World War York
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Hospitium
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart