Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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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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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- Dick Turpin
- St William's Shrine
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Rebuilt in Stone
- A New University
- York and the Holocaust
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Norman Window Frame
- Is York Cursed?
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Artists, Writers and Scientists