Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Medieval Abbey
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- New Shopping Centres
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Central Methodist Chapel
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Anglian Carving
- Bone Trial Piece
- Fishergate Bar
- St Crux's Church
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Castle Museum
- Military Belt Fitting