Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A City Left Behind
The industrial revolution had far le...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- King Richard III and York
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Yorkshire Museum
- Medieval Prisons
- Norman Window Frame
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- Sixties York
- The First Railway Station
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The New Theatre