Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medical Practice in York
Medieval York was a death trap. &nbs...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- The York Hoard
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Bootham School
- Bootham Bar
- The Bar Convent
- The End of the Abbey
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Norman Abbey
- The Mystery Plays
- The Shambles
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Victoria Bar