Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Water Lanes
- Bootham School
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- Viking Coins
- Statue of Napoleon
- Constantius Chlorus
- Crest of York St John College
- 62 Low Petergate
- The End of the Abbey
- Feeding Roman York
- Fishergate Bar
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- John Carr - Architect
- Military Belt Fitting
- The Minster in Viking Times
- The Assembly Rooms