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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- King Richard II and York
- The Greyfriars
- Viking Boot
- Viking Silk Cap
- The George Fox Incident
- York in the fifteenth Century
- Statue of Napoleon
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries
- Minster Library
- The Assembly Rooms
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- York Union Gas Works
- Middleham Jewel
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Anglian Carving
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Micklegate Bar