Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Bootham School
- York Art Gallery
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Hospitium
- Mary Ward
- Feeding Roman York
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- A Pipkin
- The Norman House
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Norman Minster
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street