Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Stonegate
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Multangular Tower
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Medieval Castle
- A Pipkin
- The Retreat
- View from Station Rise
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- The Debtors' Prison
- The Horn of Ulf
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Fairfax House
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers