Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Barley Hall
- York Railway Station
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- The Norman Minster
- King Edward I and York
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- View from Station Rise
- Anglian Cross
- A New Vision For York
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- St Martin Le Grand Church