Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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Horse Racing in York
' Every year there be more noble lo...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- The Assembly Rooms
- The Medieval Castle
- York Union Gas Works
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Statue of Napoleon
- Ouse Bridge
- Skeldergate Bridge
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Mansion House
- The White Rose of York
- Sixties York
- King Richard II and York
- The Basilica
- Monk Bar
- Viking Sword Pommel
- York's Coat of Arms
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate