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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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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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...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Eric Bloodaxe
- Olive Oil Container
- Feeding Roman York
- Bootham School
- Fairfax House
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Black Death
- King Edward III and York
- Teaching the Poor
- Medieval Chamber Pot
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Roman Head Pot
- Minster Library
- The Norman Minster
- The Medieval Abbey
- Jewbury Cemetery
- The Council of Arles