Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- York St John in the 20th Century
- View from Station Rise
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Holy Trinity Church
- Teaching the Poor
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The York Observatory
- Viking Silk Cap
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Jewbury Cemetery
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Scarborough Bridge
- Ripon College for Women