Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The End of Roman York
Eboracum (Roman York) remained an i...
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Trade on the Rivers
York stands at the point where two r...
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Lost Buildings of York
York is celebrated for its medieval...
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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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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Amber Bead Workshop
- The County Court House
- The Mansion House
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Mary Ward
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- John Carr - Architect
- York Union Gas Works
- Statue of Napoleon
- Bronze weights
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Lendal Tower
- Barker Tower
- Stonegate
- Bootham School
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- A New University