Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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After the Siege
In July of 1644 York was in a state...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The York Observatory
- Silver Strap Ends
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- George Leeman
- The Black Death
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- York in the fifteenth Century
- York's Airfield
- The Norman Abbey
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- St Crux's Church
- King Richard III and York
- Roman Head Pot
- Bronze weights
- Schools in Tudor and Stuart York
- Elizabeth Boardingham