Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Monk Bar
- A New Walk
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- The Council of Arles
- King Edward I and York
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The First Railway Station
- York St John in the 20th Century
- The Battle of the Standard
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Walmgate Bar
- The York Observatory
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Teaching the Poor
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Skeldergate Bridge
- The Norman Minster