Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- The Yorkshire Museum Moa
- Viking Sword Pommel
- The Norman House
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Bootham School
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Lendal Bridge
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Lendal Tower
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- Stonegate
- The Assembly Rooms