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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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Railway Institute
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Military Belt Fitting
- A New University
- The York Helmet
- Olive Oil Container
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Abbot's House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- York's Airfield
- The Guildhall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Bootham School
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Industrial Upheaval
- York's Medieval Synagogue