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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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- The Greyfriars
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St William's Shrine
- Church of All Saints Pavement
- Statue of the God Mars
- Ripon College for Women
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Lendal Tower
- Stonegate
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Norman Castle
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- First World War York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- King Richard III and York
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Rowntree Park