Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- First World War Memorial
- Minster Library
- A New University
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- King Edward III and York
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- First World War York
- The Red Tower
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- York Bombed
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- Walmgate Bar
- York and the Holocaust
- New Shopping Centres
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa