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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1000 Years of Justice at York Castle
York Castle has been a site of justi...
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The Guilds of York
Guilds are formal groups of citizens...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Medieval
York was a dangerous, intriguing, co...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- Second World War York
- 62 Low Petergate
- The End of the Abbey
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- Church of St Marys Bishophill Junior
- The Retreat
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- King Richard II and York
- The Medieval Minster
- A New Walk
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- All Saints Church, North Street
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Medieval Castle