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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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The End of the Abbey
- Barley Hall
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- New Shopping Centres
- Anglian Carving
- Victoria Bar
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Industrial Upheaval
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Rebuilt in Stone
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- Norman Window Frame
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- Scarborough Bridge
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier