Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Medieval Prisons
- The Cawood Sword
- Water Lanes
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Viking Boot
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Shackleton's Tin of Rowntree's Cocoa
- Statue of Napoleon
- View from Station Rise
- The Medieval Minster
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- The Battle of the Standard
- Jubbergate
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Church of St Helen
- Barley Hall
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York