Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The Expanding City
As York grew during the 20th century...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Cawood Sword
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Yorkshire Museum
- York's Airfield
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- King Edward II and York
- The Norman Minster
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- The County Court House
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The Multangular Tower
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Church of St Helen
- The York Helmet
- Medieval Prisons