Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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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 Medieval Castle
- Constantius Chlorus
- York Union Gas Works
- The First Railway Station
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Church of St Wilfrid
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- The Mystery Plays
- Saint William: Patron Saint of York
- Bootham School
- The York Helmet
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- The End of the Abbey
- King Edward I and York
- The Battle of the Standard
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Bones of a Roman Combatant