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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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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A City Protected by Water
The Romans chose York’s locati...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- York Union Gas Works
- Yorkshire Museum
- Feeding Roman York
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- York's Airfield
- The Medieval Castle
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Middleham Jewel
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Amber Bead Workshop
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Vikings and Christianity
- King Edward II and York