Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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The York Abbey, St Mary's
St Mary's Abbey in York was a g...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Treasurer's House
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- Eye Doctor's Branding Tool
- The Black Death
- The Hospitium
- Bootham Bar
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Barker Tower
- Viking Sword Pommel
- Jubbergate
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Mary Ward
- The White Rose of York
- Vale of York Viking Hoard