Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Yorkshire Museum
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- The George Fox Incident
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- The Medieval Abbey
- Barley Hall
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Bronze weights
- St Crux's Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Scarborough Bridge
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Margaret Clitherow
- Central Methodist Chapel
- St Michael-Le-Belfrey Church