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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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bootham Bar
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Ripon College for Women
- Teaching the Poor
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Railway Institute
- The Female Prison
- Henry Percy and The Percy Panels
- The York Observatory
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Barley Hall
- Gold Arm Ring
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- The Minster in Viking Times
- York in the fifteenth Century
- King Edward I and York