Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Railway Institute
- Church of St Helen
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- The First Railway Station
- York Castle Museum
- Alcuin of York
- New Shopping Centres
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- 62 Low Petergate
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- A Pipkin
- The Cawood Sword
- Daniel Defoe's York