Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Middleham Jewel
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Medieval Minster
- The Horn of Ulf
- Inscription from Fortress Gate
- Inside the Roman Fortress
- York Art Gallery
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- George Leeman
- Teaching the Poor
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York's Airfield
- York and the Holocaust