Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- The Red Tower
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Micklegate Bar
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Teaching the Poor
- The Battle of the Standard
- Statue of an Athlete
- Statue of Napoleon
- Fishergate Bar
- King Edward I and York
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Bone Trial Piece
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York in the fifteenth Century