Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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King and Court in York
April 1642: When the London mob made...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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Life in Viking York
York changed when it was captured by...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Retreat
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Our Lady's Row
- Church of St Helen
- A New University
- Guy Fawkes
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- The Basilica
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- The Railway Institute
- The Cawood Sword
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- York and the Holocaust
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- First World War York
- York Bombed