Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Anglian Hanging Bowl
- Military Belt Fitting
- The George Fox Incident
- The End of the Abbey
- Bronze weights
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Barley Hall
- Victoria Bar
- George Leeman
- King Richard II and York
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Walmgate Bar
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York Art Gallery
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Bones of a Roman Combatant