Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Rebuilt in Stone
- The Hospitium
- The Medieval Castle
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Minster Library
- Micklegate Bar
- Vikings and Christianity
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- View from Station Rise
- Feeding Roman York
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- The Guildhall
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Dissolution of the Monasteries