Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- St Leonard's Hospital
- Inscription to Hecules
- York's Airfield
- King's Manor - Victorian
- Minster Library
- Gold Arm Ring
- View from Station Rise
- Archbishop Scrope Executed
- Artists, Writers and Scientists
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Roman Gods and Goddesses
- Yorkshire Museum
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York