Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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The Roman Army in York
Over a period of about 300 years Yor...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- First World War York
- Viking Boot
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- A Pipkin
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- The Guildhall
- Crest of York St John College
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- York's Airfield
- York Guildhall Painted Glass Window
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Medieval Castle
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- Teaching the Poor
- The First Minster